Social Security's future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the cost we are pushing off onto our children.

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.

I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak.

Read, read, read, read, read. Read everything. You can’t work unless you know the world, and outside of living in the world the best way to learn about the world is to read about it.

Relax. Just relax and have fun doing what you're doing. Don't worry so much about being results oriented. Just commit yourself to the moment.

People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.

TV is the best babysitter.

Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.

Giving up a lot of yourself isn't really that hard when you realize that you get more than you give up.

Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.

Women must think strategically about creating ongoing pressure for change.

True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.

If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.

Believe in no other God than the one who insists on justice and equality among men.

I don't like gossip stories. Facts are okay. But when gossips begin making items, that's something else again.

Complaining advertizes your fears.

There are days when I'm alone with my thoughts, which is to say, not alone enough.

I'm a big-city boy. What I like is big cities. It's not just what I like. It's what I write about.

You can teach what you know, but you can only reproduce what you are.

I've apparently been the victim of growing up, which apparently happens to all of us at one point or another