I'm 61 years old. I'm not that fearful of the future, period. I'm not going to see that much of it.

We should never hesitate to listen to a fool about life because life is pretty foolish as far as I can tell.

My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding kind. If you're fortunate - and both of us are - you come from the kidding kind of Irish family.

Think about last time you were broke ... now how well did it go with spending your way out of it? Did that work?

Anything that makes your mother cry is fun

One nice thing about the Third World, you don't have to fasten your seat belt. (Or stop smoking. Or cut down on saturated fats.) It takes a lot off your mind when average life expectancy is forty-five minutes.

It is very hard now to shock people into thinking about government regulation and the extent of government involvement in life.