If a bill to ban handguns came to the house floor, I would vote for it.

I'm an elderly gentleman. I haven't been in a fight involving bodily contact in 60 years. Look, I fall trying to put on my underwear in the morning.

The more debt we owe, the wealthier we are.

We are a long way from getting back the jobs lost since President Bush took office.

How much of Africa had been explored out of simple hatred?.

A man of logic is a man of sin.

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.

On days when the sky is grey, the sun has not disappeared forever.

There's nothing to mourn about death any more than there is to mourn about the growing of a flower. What is terrible is not death but the lives people live or don't live up until their death.

It is sad, indeed, to see how man wastes his opportunities. How many could be made happy, with the blessings which are recklessly wasted or thrown away.

Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.

When you've just made the most complete fool of yourself, you feel the need of a specially high horse to ride.

Chess is a test of wills.

I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.

It's possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people.