Gerald Ford was unknown throughout America. Now he's unknown throughout the world.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.

If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

[He] may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot.

I'm a commercial person, not an academic.

Either push your limits or die.

Contentment is for cows; a challenging purpose is for people.

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation... they do not want to attract attention.

When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder.

That's right, you're not from Texas. But Texas wants you anyways.

The secret of life does not lie in its chemical basis . . . Life succeeds precisely because it evades chemical imperatives.

Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game.

I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline.

Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content! Farewell the plumed troops, and the big wars That make ambition virtue.