The chaplain of the Senate does not pray for the Senate. He watches the Senate and prays for the country.

You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.

Courage is walking naked through a cannibal village

It would be useless to bomb Washington. If you destroy one building, they already have two other buildings completely staffed with people doing exactly the same thing.

Life begins at forty, but so does arthritis, and the habit of telling the same story three times to the same person.

The high IQ has become the American equivalent of the Legion of Honor, positive proof of a child's intellectual aristocracy.... It has become more important to be a smart kid than a good kid or even a healthy kid.

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.