To outlive one's child is a terrible thing, but to do so because your child has taken his or her life is horrible.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

The Gulf War is responsible for the huge and horrifying rise in Islamic terrorism.

The things that stand out are often the oddities.

American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President.

One of the problems with a candidate like Bob Kennedy, and his brother before him, was that people assumed they didn't need contributions.

As much as I liked and admired the various members of the Kennedy family, my first loyalty was to Jackie.

Whole generations have forgotten history.

The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before.

There have not been children of comparable youth in the White House since the Kennedy era.

A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.

The whole bloated sensation of success is wiped clean when among family. There is no pressure of being looked upon as 'the brilliant one' but rather the comforts of always being the pupil.

Dylan captured what was on a million minds and turned it into poetry. With 'Blowin' in the Wind' or 'The Times They Are A-Changin', ' he set a whole new standard.

The true self, once discovered, is the source of creativity, intelligence and personal growth. No external solution has such power.

I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.

Philosophy, as the modern world knows it, is only intellectual club-swinging.

Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the Soul.

I feel more comfortable with my clothes off than on!

I reread Mesrine's book every year because the way the story is told is fascinating. Today, we don't have gangsters like Mesrine - he had humor.

I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is.