The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating.

Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining.

Come over here and sit on my knee and finish your orange juice.

A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for - to see the bad guys get beat.

How would you like to find out how good my right is?

My punches are just as hard in Chicago as in New York.

It don't matter as long as he can count up to 10

If they ever let me in the ring with him [Cassius Clay], I'm liable to be put away for murder.

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one.

The truth is tucked inside of me, it is what I want the world to see. But do youy see it in me, oh just let it all be. I am happy being me.

We like to think of life as a constant ... Yet it can be ended in a heartbeat.

... occasionally I see rich-looking women on Rollerblades gripping leashes and being towed bodily by golden retrievers. That's my kind of jogging.

Economics is the study of how society manages its scarce resources.

In all my work, I'm interested in understanding big issues through the lives of individuals.

I have come to this planet to learn to love myself more, and to share that love with all those around me.

The Press nowadays is not a literary press; classic diction and brilliancy of style do not distinguish it by any means.

As you have to pay more interest and amortization on what you owe, you're left with less and less money to buy goods and services - unless you borrow even more and go further into debt.