I figured my wife was about to start law school. If that whole baseball pitching thing didn't work out, I had something to fall back on. I figure I'd put a ring on her finger. Turns out she was the smart one. Turns out she was the gold digger, not me...
What I like about the American woman is she usually has a lot of dynamism. In the U.S., women have a tendency to go forward, to be more exaggerated than in Europe. Many times the rough ideas come from the States, then they are refined in Europe. The ...
Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say a damn thing about that. You think we're still fighting the Civil War or something. If you want to mention it in ...
It is my experience that bold decisions give the best promise of success. But one must differentiate between [strategic] and tactical boldness and a military gamble. A bold operation is one in which success is not a certainty but which in case of fai...
{ } was the boldest, most aggressive, courageous, virile, and the kindest and gentlest and most considerate and loving man I ever knew. His was a nature that yielded to no obstacles, that could not be moved nor turned aside by the allurements of plac...
...if George Washington founded the nation, John Marshall defined it.
Though President George W. Bush made some small noises about his intention to present some form of improved health coverage, nothing grew out of them.
Don't underlook the Sixties; we started eating more vegetables, respecting women, and we shut down Vietnam. We did a lot of good stuff. But it shouldn't shut you down from the moment.
A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've heard so many poems about this democracy and this era of politics that I'm kind of bored by it.
I generally travel with my laptop, a couple of great books, and my iPod.
I would want to travel the world and write about it. To be a famous writer.
My biggest pet peeve is when people don't admit what they've done.
My idea of a perfect pet is a really, really big dog! Huge!
Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
I really enjoy travel, I enjoy the U.K., I enjoy Scotland, Glasgow.
In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.
Besides, I'm a gypsy at heart and I like to travel around.
The more you travel, the more well-off you'll be, I think.
What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.
I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.
I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin.
