The grossest thing in our gross national product today is our language. It is suffering from inflation.

A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.

Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.

He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.

In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

As General Eisenhower discovered, it is easier to end the Cold War or stamp out poverty than to master this devilish pastime.

Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.

Golf is the Lord's punishment for man's sins.

One of the advantages of defeat in life - maybe the main advantage - is that it provides an excuse for change. Defeat... invariably leads to new adventures.

Nations like individuals have to limit their objectives or take the consequences.

Restoration of friendship with Russia, our biggest neighbor, is necessary for our peace and economy.

People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible.

Seek a happy marriage with wholeness of heart, but do not expect to reach the promised land without going through some wilderness together.

She's the gal in the red blue jeans.

As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted.

I had one or two steady girlfriends in high school, but then in college, it was three, four... I went crazy. At one point I had three separate girlfriends, running around mad.

It's important for people to figure out their own lives before involving someone else - to gauge where you are and work on your own issues.

I don't have to live this lavish lifestyle.

Yes, my works... are enshrined in museums, but I don't care if the pieces fall apart in 20 years.

You all sound like a bunch of ducks! What? What? What? What? Shut up while I'm talking!