I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.

Norm MacDonald

I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.

Barbara Bush

My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.

Jackie Jackson

You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it.

Robert Benchley

People Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.

Henry S. Haskins

You don't manifest dreams without taking chances.

Stephen Richards

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead.Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow.Walk beside me; that we may be as one.

American Indian Proverb, Ute

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

Leo Rosten

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.

Ronald Reagan

Use your imagination, and you'll see that even the most narrow, humdrum lives are infinite in scope if you examine them with enough care.

Mark Haddon

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

Ralph Waldo Emerson

He was too gorgeous for words and worst yet he knew it.

Shannon Dermott