Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.

Reaching out to any fellow ghetto kids is an act he puts in the same category as doing drugs: the initial rush of warmth and euphoria puts you on a path to ruin.

For any thinking person, it (perpetual happiness) is untenable. If you're a thinking person, your upbeat sometimes, said sometimes.

Rapid change, accommodating it can be one of the great human capacities. But living through it can be the stuff of stress and often suffering.

The informed, unmanaged question. That's the most dangerous thing at a press conference anywhere.

If you happened to be born on third base, you didn't rub it in the face of the guy who wasn't even born in the stadium. Self-interest was generally checked at the door with your coat and hat.

Every person has their pantheon - the Bible, Hollywood, Shakespeare - their way of understanding the world.