New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all.

You're better off missing a bus or an airplane once in a while than you are getting there too early all the time.

I've learned... That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.

The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on every evening as it grew dark, the whole world would come to look at them and marvel at the mystery of their great beauty.

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

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

I think Dan [Rather] is transparently liberal. Now he may not like to hear me say that. I always agree with him, too. But I think he should be more careful.