Economic power is not the same as strength of national character. Our country may be rich in goods, but we are poor in spirit.

I like the job I have, but if I had to live my life over again, I would like to have ended up a sports writer.

The recent upsurge of public concern over environmental questions reflects a belated recognition that man has been too cavalier in his relations with nature. Unless we arrest the depredations that have been inflicted so carelessly on our natural systems-which exist in an intricate set of balances-we face the prospect of ecological disaster.

Those who hate us only win if we hate them back

My telephone calls and meetings and decisions were now parts of a prescribed ritual aimed at making peace with the past; his calls, his meetings and his decisions were already the ones that would shape America's future." (On transfer of power to Gerald R Ford)

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

I doubt if any of them would even intentionally double-park.