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

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.

The major cause of problems are solutions

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."

The best way to get thrown out of the columnists' club is to be uncertain about anything whatsoever on this earth.

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.

Consultant: an ordinary guy more than 50 miles from home.