Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.

Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.

Life isn't fair, but government must be.

Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.

I have an awfully good life.

[Our understanding is] not intellectual, but instinctive.