Read good, big important things.

I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps.

It's better for the country when each party looks like it stands for something serious, for some big things, but they're not narrow and they're not bought.

Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try. ---in Good Housekeeping

[democrats] have become the party of snobs. You have become the party of Americans who think they're better than other Americans.

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart.

Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take the blows.