I'm not a Mensa member. I have no idea where that rumor came from. I never have been, and I doubt if I ever will be.

My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of constant fear that my sister and I, and they, would sink into the kind of economic insecurity that their generation knew so well.

I think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.

Science leads you to killing people.

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.

As to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows.

Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now.