A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.

politics ... is the hottest, most dangerous subject in the land. It's not only a conversation-wrecker, it's a friendship-wrecker, a family-wrecker, a job-wrecker, a future-wrecker.

Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy

Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.

The aging process seems to strike first at the mechanism which warns that we have been talking too much and the listener is growing restless. The signal isn't perfect at any age - drink, for instance, throws it right out of kilter - but it is almost non-existent in old people.

Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.

To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another's life.