The Democratic Party will now stick with its guy forever, no matter how harmful he is. Perhaps you call that loyalty, and perhaps there’s something to it, but a bigger part, I believe, is that you have come to think that winning is everything-that victory is the purpose of politics.

Politicians, please, think of yourselves! Move to help Terri Schiavo, and no one will be mad at you, and you’ll keep a human being alive.

Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It’s unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don’t have to try. – in Good Housekeeping.

Naps are nature’s way of reminding you that life is nice, like a beautiful swinging hammock strung between birth and infinity.

When everyone in America knows you’re in a dreadful position, admit you’re in a dreadful position. Don’t lie about it and make them roll their eyes, tell the truth and make them blink.

The Democratic Party is that amazing thing, out of power for six years and yet exhausted. They’re pale, tired, and unready. Too bad, since it’s their job to be an alternative, not an embarrassment.

You don’t have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: ‘that world is gone.’

I should say here, because some in Washington like to dream up ways to control the Internet, that we don’t need to ‘control’ free speech, we need to control ourselves.

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don’t go along to get along; do your best and when you have to – and you will – leave, and be something else.

Boundaries aren’t all bad. That’s why there are walls around mental institutions.