History buffs probably noted the reunion at a Washington party a few weeks ago of three ex-presidents: Carter, Ford and Nixon - See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Evil.

I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories.

Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time.

You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.

Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.

All the wisdom doesn’t reside in one party.

The internet is a great way to get on the net.

When it's all over, it's not who you were ... it's whether you made a difference.

If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.

I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn't have any.

There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and...evil.

I attended the University of Earth, and earned my P.H.D in life from the school of hardship.

A flower does not diminish in beauty, no matter how many weeds envy it.

The older a wizard grows, the more silent he becomes, like a woody vine growing over time to choke a garden path, deep and full of moss and snakes, running everywhere, impenetrable.

what you don't know will cost you.

I love you to the moon and bed.

I compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it.

In a democracy, every little wrong idea may grow up to become national policy.

If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.

As novices, we think we're entirely responsible for the way people treat us. I have long since learned that we are responsible only for the way we treat people.

We know that the only way to achieve equality is if both men and women want to achieve equality. We also know that equality is not just the right thing to do for men, it is a good thing to do.