I never leave a game before the last pitch, because in baseball, as in life and especially politics, you never know what will happen.

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white.

Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional.

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

Instead, we try to give them affection, confidence and guidance, more or less in that order, because experience has shown us that those are their most immediate needs.

Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.

I can't go anywhere without someone judging me.

The key to economic prosperity is the organized creation of dissatisfaction.

What if I pulled through and the pious faction contentedly claimed that their prayers had been answered? That would somehow be irritating.

I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn't make a difference to me.

If you go out and watch nature closely, you will find something so joyful that it will completely fill you.

In the early 1980s, I got into a war with my management - they just kept on sueing me and I lost everything. So I had to go out on tour to make sure the electricity stayed on.

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy

Savvy observers occasionally note television's resemblance to the weather: Everybody loves to complain about it, but nobody can do anything to fix it.