Now that I am no longer President, I find I can no longer win every game of golf I play.

The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world.

If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.

In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

It is hard to take the last step, but the hardest thing is to make a choice between the unwillingness to live and the inability to die.

That's a stupid question, ' said Malachi. 'Because he didn't warn him. He didn't warn anyone.''No, it's a philosophical question, ' Kearns corrected him. 'Which makes it useless, not stupid.

Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment.

If you write, and you are really alone (writing is a lonely thing), you learn to be alone without suffering. When you read, you also learn to do this. When you write, you deal with things.

No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant.

[Washington is a] very gossipy little village of people all going to the same bars . . . all watching each other having affairs with each other

Luxury possibly may contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.

Stand guard at the door of your mind.

Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it's the life blood of business.