Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.

Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it.

Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in.

Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases.

To love at all is to be vulnerable.

I'm directing the Sky show. I'm not going to be in it. I'm just writing and directing it. So that'll satisfy that part of my brain.

And you still have to sqeeze into your jeans, but you're perfect to me.

I am really attracted to films. It's nice to do something new, all the time. That's why I like being an actor.

I needed to justify my existence, and I had made an absolute of literature. It took me thirty years to get rid of this state of mind.

Humor is the easiest to achieve; the 'heart' is always the toughest, because you can't tell people to feel a certain way.

Above all, you must remain open and fresh and alive to any new idea.

It saddens me how much fear we've instilled in ourselves.

John Wayne never wore Lycra.

So let me end with the wish that you find the same kind of happyiness, and laughter, and love, that I have found, and that you have the wisdon to make them last.