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

The Democratic party should say, "Thank you very much, but you know what, we're going back to be a big-tent party. Broad on social issues like this, we are declaring, go with your heart if you truly feel that you can be, that you are pro-life, and you wanna be pro-life, and a Democrat, go for it." The Democratic party has I think been hurt very badly in terms of its national reputation with this narrow, sort of, you can't be in our party if you don't hold the right views on abortion. It would be a brilliant political move if they opened up.

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.

Mr. Bush has squandered the hard-built paternity of 40 years. But so has the party, and so have its leaders. If they had pushed away for serious reasons, they could have separated the party's fortunes from the president's. This would have left a painfully broken party, but they wouldn't be left with a ruined brand,- as they all say, speaking the language of marketing. And they speak that language because they are marketers, not thinkers. Not serious about policy. Not serious about ideas. And not serious about leadership, only followership.

Naps are nature's way of reminding you that life is nice, like a beautiful swinging hammock strung between birth and infinity.

TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains.

But one immediate thing can be done right now, and that is: lower the temperature. Any way you can, and everybody. Just lower it.