A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.

The more I observed Washington, the more frequently I visited it, and the more people I interviewed there, the more I understood how prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid it out as a city that goes around in circles.

What happiness is, no person can say for another. But no one, I am convinced, can be happy who lives only for himself. The joy of living comes from immersion in something that we know to be bigger, better, more enduring and worthier than we are.

The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.

Most people spend most of their days doing what they do not want to do in order to earn the right, at times, to do what they may desire.