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.

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

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

I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.

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.

July does not a November election make.

I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.