“Politics should be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.”

“Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work - and realizing what opportunity is and what isn’t.”

“I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.”

“I would rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not”

“Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.”

“People either have comedy or they don't. You can't teach it to them.”

“It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy. ”