“When you act like a nice guy, everyone examines your motives with a microscope. When you act like a conscienceless louse, they generally take you at face value.”

“I'm not responsible for what other people think, only for what I am.”

“She added, "Washington is the city of the soft heads and the chicken hearts.”

“You act like a team player,you be nice to everyone for your entire life,then you die.”

“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”

“When you fly across the country in an airplane the country seems vast; but it isn't vast. It's all connected by roads one can ride a bike down. If you watch the news and there's a tragedy at a house in Kansas, that guy's driveway connects with yours, and you'd be surprised by how few roads it takes to get there.”

“Leon, no offense, but you don't exactly look like a hockey player.""I told 'em I was a goalie. That's where they put the guy who can't skate, right? Just like in baseball when they put the worst player at catcher.”