In Russia, as I sat there day after day wearing headphones, listening to the interpreter struggle to make our words relevant, I wondered if we could establish meaningful rapport with a nation that had never seen raisins dance in dark glasses on TV...never had a garage sale.

Everyone I talked to was a recording-the bank, the elevator, your office, the school, a wrong number. You used to be able to call a wrong number and get a person.

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.

There would have been more 'I love you's' and more, 'I'm sorry's'.

It is fast approaching the point where I don't want tAdenauer to want the job.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Have you any idea how many children it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen Three. It takes one to say What light and two more to say I didn't turn it on.