Mr President, the president is dead.

One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet supper from which it did not rise.

If they tell you that she died of sleeping pills you must know that she died of a wasting grief, of a slow bleeding at the soul.

Life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills.

There are 43,000 minutes in a month - can't you give me five?

There are two kinds of marriages, Benny — where the husband quotes the wife, or where the wife quotes the husband.

It's the Twentieth Century ... no more miracles.

Music is the great cheer-up in the language of all countries.

But I did it! That's the thing—I did it! What will my father say when he hears I murdered a man? Lorna, I see what I did. I murdered myself, too! I've been running around in circles. Now I'm smashed!

What do you want from me? Revenge? Sorry—we're all out of revenge today!

I don't buy dreams, i buy actions

I would rather die fighting for what is right, than live passively amidst all that is wrong.

Completing the circle is both philosophical and tactical - there is a growing sense of mastery that comes with practice, diligence, and experience.

The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.

When I worked in a medical practice, our practice provided the insurance. When I retired the next day to run for public office to run for Congress, I had to pay first dollar.

The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.

It's fine to have social media that connects us with old friends, but we need tools that help us discover new people as well.

Whatever I have not yet learned to tolerate in myself inevitably will appear in my children. In this way, they, like Julia, guide me to a new level of self-awareness and everyone benefits.

I am sure that inspiration will strike multiple times - it always does.

We cannot start over, but we can begin now, and make a new beginning