I worry about people who get born nowadays, because they get born into such tiny families--sometimes into no family at all. When you're the only pea in the pod, your parents are likely to get you confused with the Hope Diamond. And that encourages you to talk too much.
Russell BakerThe worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.
Russell BakerAmerican foreign policy had still not recovered from its victory over communism when George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice took over at the White House in 2001.
Russell BakerThe biographer's problem is that he never knows enough. The autobiographer's problem is that he knows too much.
Russell Baker