My grandkids say, "Reality Bites." O.K., but it also challenges and rewards... I believe our best days are yet to come.

It's amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you're no longer president.

We stand today at a unique and extraordinary moment. The crisis in the Persian Gulf , as grave as it is, also offers a rare opportunity to move toward an historic period of cooperation. Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective - a new world order - can emerge: a new era - freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace. An era in which the nations of the world, East and West, North and South, can prosper and live in harmony.

I don't worry about superpower confrontation. You know, I lived through the Cold War days, and where everybody was worried about a Soviet Union armed to the teeth. I think we're going to get along fine with Russia, and I don't see them as internationally ambitious.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

We have had triumphs, we have made mistakes, we have had sex.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.