Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

I can now say without hesitation the Marine Corps was the best foster home I ever had.

We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don't think it was, and I would advise you not to wait ten years before admitting today was great. If you're hung up on nostalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time.

I worship the quicksand he [Richard Nixon] walks in.

Television has a real problem. They have no page two. Consequently every big story gets the same play and comes across to the viewer as a really big, scary one.

Sharing our depressions felt like having survived a war. The experience bonds you to the other person for life.

I learned quickly that when I made others laugh, they liked me.