There are a lot of mysterious things about boats, such as why anyone would get on one voluntarily.

Good manners are a combination of intelligence, education, taste and style mixed together so that you don't need any of those things.

I always thought there was some romance to that '30s leftist stuff, even though I'm a Republican.

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

I'm a rather decisive type.

It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government, and I'm here to help."

Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The kid is just operating on a smaller scale and lacks the advantage of having made enormous soft-money campaign contributions to political candidates.