Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

For children, Christmas is anticipation. For adults, Christmas is memory.

The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been , that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something.

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

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

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."

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.