We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another.

You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be funny. And politics ought to be fun -- after baseball it's our next favorite national pastime.

I'm really glad that our young people missed the Depression and missed the great big war. But I do regret that they missed the leaders that I knew, leaders who told us when things were tough and that we'd have to sacrifice, and that these difficulties might last awhile. They didn't tell us things were hard for us because we were different, or isolated, or special interests. They brought us together and they gave us a sense of national purpose.

Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.

I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.

I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.

One of the truths of our time is the hunger deep in people are over the planet for coming into relationship with each other.