I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development.

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.

If YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY ABOUT ANYONE..COME SIT BY ME.

My specialty is detached malevolence.

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

He sprang from the grass roots of the country clubs of America.

I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.

He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.

Never trust a man who combs his hair straight from his left armpit.

I'm the only topless octogenarian in Washington.

You can't make a souffle rise twice.

Fear is the greatest prison.Hope is the greatest freedom.

It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.

You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to any of your heroes. Become what you wish to be.

God loves us as we are...not as we ought to be. because we are never going to be as we ought to be." --Brennan Manning

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

It is not half so important to know as to feel.

Did you know that the White House drug test is multiple choice?

Ordinary thinking and ordinary effort are almost never enough to generate leadership.

But don't worry; as I've been saying - and this has been very clever of me, I'm sure you'll agree - if you put enough pressure on coal, it'll turn to pearls!

A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibility of their own souls.