The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.

You are spiritual, blessed, and god-like when you have realized that God and all humans are alike.

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.

I obeyed, but my crime was that I did not look obedient.

I went to a middle-class school, but my background is working class. I got the best of both worlds, I saw both classes, so I have a pretty fair idea of how people live and why they do it.

I'd love to talk to Janeane Garafalo or Randi Rhodes or Stephanie Miller from Air America. I'm an Air American junkie; I listen to them every day.

There's a lot of me in Captain Jack and there's a lot of Captain Jack in me. And there is no pun intended.

Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.

Sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for virtuous women.

My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.