If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times.

The two best interview subjects are children under 10 and people over 70 for the same reason: they say the first thing that comes to their mind. The children don't know what they're saying and the old folks don't care.

The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence.

Just smiling goes a long way toward making you feel better about life. And when you feel better about life, your life is better. With an optimistic, positive attitude toward life, the possibilities for your second prime are tremendous.

I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing.

Kids do say the darndest things

My age now, like my age 20 years ago, marks the year in which I was born. That's all.

Committees are to get everybody together and homogenize their thinking.

Yes, I backed the hula hoop. And I had a lot of other people come to me with ideas that turned out well

And keep a sense of humor. It doesn't mean you have to tell jokes. If you can't think of anything else, when you're my age, take off your clothes and walk in front of a mirror. I guarantee you'll get a laugh.

Do a little more than you're paid to. Give a little more than you have to. Try a little harder than you want to. Aim a little higher than you think possible, and give a lot of thanks to God for health, family, and friends.

One of the wonderful things about going to a small college is you can get into everything.

The only meaningful contact is one that involves a genuine, giving personal interaction. You may want another person to help you in business, but you must also be willing to help him and to spend time getting to know his interests and needs... It has to be real and heartfelt, or it's best not to try to establish the relationship at all.

Being alive at 87 is quite an accomplishment if you're curious, interested, seeing the fun out of life, doing things, having a purpose.

Radio was so important to everybody back then there was no TV. Columbia Square was the epitome of radio. Everything was modern. It was beautiful.

Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world have never been pregnant.