The bottom line is more tax money is going to be needed. Just how much will be the primary issue on the agenda when Congressional leaders meet with the President later today, Wednesday, May the 9th, 1990. And good morning, welcome to Today. It’s a Wednesday morning, a day when the budget picture, frankly, seems gloomier than ever. It now seems the time has come to pay the fiddler for our costly dance of the Reagan years.

It's not that I dislike many people. It's just that I don't like many people.

Largely, as a result of the policies and priorities of the Reagan administration, more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country than at any time since World War II.

I once read that the only way to enjoy life is to observe everything with a sense of detached amusement. I don't always do that, but it serves you well to keep it in mind.

Live your life with a purpose beyond yourself, and you'll find that the world is as bold and broad as the interests that brought you here.

You'll never see me working five days a week again.

I'm still going to do television. I'm just not going to do morning television. I would like to do some things that satisfy interests, private interests.