Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself.

A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.

Lots of people committed crimes during the year who would not have done so if they had been fishing. The increase of crime is among those deprived of the regenerations that impregnate the mind and character of the fisherman.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

I dare predict that the influence of the Treaty of Renunciation of War will be felt in a large proportion of all future international acts.

Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution.

I returned to the white House after midnight more depressed than ever before. I had long since arranged to attend the World Series in Philadelphia the next day. Although I like baseball, I kept this engagement only because I felt that my presence at a sporting event might be a gesture of reassurance to a country suffering from a severe attack of 'jitters.'