Being well known for being well-known did not necessarily imply intelligence.

Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.

One of the things I learned, the easiest of lessons, was that the better you do your job, often going against conventional mores, the less popular you are likely to be.

What looked safe was not safe. What looked hard and unsafe was probably safer. Anyway, safe was somewhere else in the world.

I have a great faith in the strength and the resilience in the American people.

Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it

The most dangerous thing about power is to employ it where it is not applicable.

A staff can be no better than the man it serves.

Nixon, who spent much of his career attacking the press and saying he was a victim of the press, was in fact created by the press, in this case the L.A. Times.

The truth posed a great dilemma for a man who always had to be right, and yet, for all his grandeur, was often wrong.

Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.

There is always something better to do with your time and business. Always look for the next step for growth in your career.

One of the things I really dislike about Christians is their hypocrisy

You can stuff yourself with emotional fulfillment until it’s dribbling down your chin & your ego will quickly chomp it down and demand more.

Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart.

If I'm playing well I'll get through a bat in three weeks. I batter them.

Work for your own soul's sake.

And I am left behind Corrupted crushed and blind All for a dream That in truth was never really mine.

People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.

Anytime it was advertised that I was going to be at a particular place, the radicals would be there, the cameras with TV news.