If you're an economist and you're asked to predict what something is going to be like 50 years from now? It's going to be guesswork.

I often sit back and think, I wish I'd done that, and find out later that I already have.

Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to.

I formed a new group called Alcoholics-Unanimous. If you don't feel like a drink, you ring another member and he comes over to persuade you.

I swim in a pool of my own neurosis. I carry love, grief deeply, like an Irishman.

I don't drink because I have problems or I want to escape. I just love drinking and being drunk.

LOL has turned into something you type when you have nothing better to add into a conversation.

When a man sees his end, he wants to know there was some purpose to his life.

I turned Hamlet down because it was going to take up too much of my drinking time.

There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile.

Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.

What we have left behind is beautiful, captivating, and inviting. What lies ahead of us is magnificent and mind boggling.

But the thing is that, in the end, we each must decide how comfortable we are with how much we hurt other people

The only antidote to religious triumphalism is the readiness of communities of faith to permit doubt and self-criticism to play a vital role in the life of Faith.

Bridging innovation gaps is a strategic imperative for business execution.

The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety of Parliament and of responsible government.

What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion.

Stay true in the dark, and humble in the spotlight.

I liked the rain. It made it harder, the harder the better. I didn't see accidents but there are a lot of broken cars out there.

Only to the rational animal is it given to follow voluntarily what happens; but simply to follow is a necessity imposed on all.

Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill.