Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea. Let's go to press.

The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend.

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.

She's been on more laps than a napkin.

I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.

Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery.

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.

I'm often wrong but never in doubt.

My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics

I've consistently said, we need to support charter schools. I think it is important to experiment, by looking at how we can reward excellence in the classroom.

Im very comfortable with tweeting, I have a very active author Facebook page, I Skype book clubs all over the world.

I was going to move back to Dallas, and my goal was to work at Channel 8 and be a sportscaster and cover my Cowboys and live happily ever after.

I worked in Toronto for two days. And by work I mean sit in a trailer for 15 hours, say two lines, and leave.

A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.

if you understand something, you don't forgive it, you are the thing itself: forgiveness is for what you don't understand.

But we should not lose sight of how far we are coming and what a big hole we were left by George W. Bush.

The sad truth about bigotry is that most bigots either don't realize that they are bigots, or they convince themselves that their bigotry is perfectly justified.