You can't know who you are, as a nation or a people, unless you know where you've been.

The chief source of problems is solutions.

The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.

Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper's principle: "The next mile is the only one a person really has to make."

No man was ever more than about nine meals away from crime or suicide.

There are only two kinds of people in the world, suckers and people that can be had. Everyone can be had, but a sucker will always bet you $50 that he can't be had. Maybe magicians are around to remind us we can all be had, so we don't become suckers.

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.