My own mother died when I was 10 years old. My folks have told me that what little humor I have comes from her. I can't remember her humor, but I can remember her love and understanding of me.

A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.

You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.

If you want to know when a war might be coming, you just watch the U.S. and see when it starts cutting down on its defenses. It's the surest barometer in the world.

I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good.

The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.