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

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.

Every genius I have met could be classified as crazy by most people. They possess the highest level of sanity that us people find difficult to understand and accept.

Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.

I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.

Don't let the bastards get you down.

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