Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.