Kennedy echoed Stanley Baldwin that a democracy is always two years behind a dictator.

In preaching conservative doctrine, Goldwater's jeremiads seemed to be preaching the end of the old world, while Reagan's pep talks seemed to trumpet the beginning of a new one.

The great actors always play themselves.

One biographer said Kennedy lived along the line where charm became power.

As sometimes happens with men who wish to fight but do not or cannot, Reagan developed a romantic image of the military.

If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.

I am all about switching between genres and doing as much as possible.

The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions.

Hillary Clinton's message is old and tired. Her message is that things can't change. My message is that things have to change.

Smiles from reason flow, To brute deny'd, and are of love the food.

Whenever someone says the words 'Our friendship is more important than this,' watch out, because it almost never is.

I am very different as a parent to new kids. My work changed from being rooted in the sky to being rooted in the earth.

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.

Find a way to delight in all students. Look for the best, expect the best, and find something in each child [you] can treasure.

That's how it is with the English: if you score against them you're a good player; if you don't, you're not.