"Kings and such are just as funny..." - Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

“If, in any individual, university training produces a taste for refined idleness, a distaste for sustained effort, a barren intellectual arrogance, or a sense of superfluous aloofness from the world of real men who do the world's real work, then it has harmed that individual.”

“And to lose the chance to see frigatebirds soaring in circles above the storm, or a file of pelicans winging their way homeward across the crimson afterglow of the sunset, or a myriad terns flashing in the bright light of midday as they hover in a shifting maze above the beach -- why, the loss is like the loss of a gallery of the masterpieces of the artists of old time.”

“Life brings sorrows and joys alike. It is what a man does with them - not what they do to him - that is the true test of his mettle.”

“How does it feel to be the 's third choice? Humiliating? You could have thrown a dart. That's how close they were. We had so many excellent candidates.”

“President George] Bush talked to us like we were a bunch of morons and we ate it up. Can you imagine, the Pledge of Allegiance, read my lips-can you imagine such crap in this day and age?”

“Our new Soviet constitution will, in my opinion, be the most democratic constitution of all those existing in the world.”

“My mother was the worst cook ever. In school, when we traded lunches, I had to throw in an article of clothing.”

“A lot of the people who keep a gun at home for safety are the same ones who refuse to wear a seat belt”

“I finally got around to reading the dictionary. Turns out the Zebra did it.”