When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum

I can't fix the world. If you want to make a difference in life, you have to direct your energies in a focused way.

I've been lucky with the circle of people I'm playing with. We've played enough that there's a language we talk with each other when we play.

Between me and my roommate, we've hit 400 Major League home runs.

While obsession with one’s personal appearance is a sign of being a vacant prat, total oblivion to it is a sign of mental illness.

Move it along, teenagers. The only person who gets to canoodle in my bedroom is my magnificent self.

It scares me when the Europeans demand more and more democracy. It sounds like times past, when people here demanded more and more socialism.

One of the things that I've noticed over the years is that I seem to be fascinated as a writer with the notion that we already have all that we need.

A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth.

Come not within the measure of my wrath.