By any accepted standard, I have had more than nine lives. I counted them up once, and there were 13 times I almost and maybe should have died.

Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is.

Don't judge your taco by its price

Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.

I measure my life in pages. If I have pages at dawn, it's been a good night.

For a loser, Vegas is the meanest town on earth.

But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross, physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country-but only for those with true grit. And we were chock full of that.