No one can bring to God what you can.

The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you'll be missed if you don't show up for work.

Of all the agonies in life, that which is most poignant and harrowing--that which for the time annihilates reason, and leaves our whole organization one lacerated, mangled heart--is the conviction that we have been deceived where we placed all the trust of love.

A statesman is any politician it's considered safe to name a school after.

I heard that [Clarkson] said some petty things about someone I care deeply about, so I just made some petty remarks 'cause I'm a petty guy.

If any writer thinks the world is full of middle class people of nice sensibilities, then he is out of his mind.

You need diplomacy and not slogans. This is the place for wisdom, the place for seeking windows that will take you to the objective.