Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.

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

Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents.

[On President Clinton's address:] It was the worst inaugural address of our lifetime, and I think the only controversy will be between those who say it was completely and utterly banal and those who say, 'Well, not completely and utterly.

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.

Ted Sorrenson, JFK's presidential speech writer, when asked how it came about that he wrote the "ask not what you can do..." speech, he would answer 'ask not.'

The Democratic Party's complete obeisance to [the abortion] lobby makes Democrats look bought, frightened and craven.