Finding the tool is often half the battle.

I'm already suspicious of anyone who thinks he or she is smart enough to be president. You'd have to have some ego to believe that about yourself.

The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread.

I've learned... That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.

You're almost always better off keeping your mouth shut, but don't let that stop you from popping off.

My mother always called me 'sturdy' and said I have big bones. A little fat is what I am.

I'd like to take some calculus, too. I have absolutely no ability in that direction and not much interest, either, but there's something going on in mathematics that I don't understand, and I'd like to find out what it is.