No more verbally incomprehensible no more devoid of the vision thing and no more the cautious pragmatist proudly displaying the virtues of tradition and the advantages of biological seniority.

I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories.

Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time.

You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.

Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.

All the wisdom doesn’t reside in one party.

The internet is a great way to get on the net.

When it's all over, it's not who you were ... it's whether you made a difference.

If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.

I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn't have any.

There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and...evil.

People suffering from insecurity and intellectual deficiency thrive on constant vilification rarely engaging in a communication based on sound reasoning.

In science ... "discovery" can mean finding a guppy with an extra spine in its dorsal fin.

Put me in any city, I'll end up doing something with kids. That's the time of your life when it's pure fun.

A good work can be communicated across languages ... [provided one does not] fall into the trap of narrow-minded nationalistic or chauvinistic thinking.

To care of another individual means to know and to experience the other as fully as possible.

Please give me fifty more years of work and fun, then an instant death when I'm sleeping.

Don't like small talk, love rainy days.

When you have a knowledge of history, it's very soothing. When there's continuity in your life, it's soothing.

I trip walking down the stairs, but I can skate them probably.

My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor.