When I was introduced to Johnson he was a freshman Congressman.

When I was introduced to Johnson he was a freshman Congressman.

The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem.

When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.

I was sent down to Cuba. Everything had been prepared with the help of Congressman Johnson and his staff.

A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda.

I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.

The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.

Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.

I went through high school, but I didn't graduate.

Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one - that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be.

It's hard to be ambitious if you're content, isn't it?

The gulf left by the absence of ego is quickly filled with knowledge.

With unemployment still abysmally high, the Obama economy is crushing Hispanics' dreams for their children to live a better life.

A lot of my world-view is formed by the places I've been.

When things are bad we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

If you sit quiet long enough, you find out what people really think.

...obesity isn't caused by those who adore food. People tend not to put on weight through eating meals. I'd say it's people who eat non-stop.

Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely short-sighted and unfortunately, extremely pervasive.

I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.

When, as an undergraduate, I began experiments on these slime molds in 1940, only one other person, Kenneth Raper, was working on them at that time. In fact, he discovered the model species Dictyostelium discoideum, which is the species used in the majority of the experimental work today.

The real knife to a man's heart was his woman's tears.

Being on a trapeze is like dreaming. I feel totally outside of myself when I'm flying. You know, designing shoes, my imagination is flying in my drawings.

We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.

Increasingly, the state system has been eroding. Terrorists have exploited this weakness by burrowing into the state system in order to attack it.

Spy plots are hard, really hard.

If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will leave you alone.

Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There's equal merit in that, but you must not confuse being good with being liked.

You have to remember that in a state like Florida, independent voters will decide the election.

Let your dreams be your wings.

Abu Mazen has got to do only one thing: to fight terror. That's what he needs to do.

The fashionable woman is sexy, witty, and dry-cleaned.