You really can't blame the military for wanting to go to war [in Iraq]. They've got all these new toys and they want to know whether they work or not.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

People like to say, "You're only as old as you feel," but it isn't true. It's just something old people say to make themselves feel good about their age. You're as old as you are.

... all of us talk faster than we listen.

Dogs are nicer than people.

A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don't know what they are talking about.

In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask him and he won't tell you.