The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton.

I did three tours in Vietnam. I guess a total of about almost two years.

You can be a great president and be ridden with flaws. Of course we know that.

What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate?

In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country.

After four or five different wars, I grew weary of that work, partly because in an open war, open to coverage, as Vietnam was, it's not that difficult, really.

The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton.

Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.

We are on Sunday night because that is where they put us 30-odd years ago. I think we became a habit.

Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids.

I am not in this business as a calling. I don't do what I do to right any wrongs.

It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak.

A lot of sponsors over the years have left us. They've all come back. But they chose to leave us for a while because of stories we have done about them or their products or their friend's products or whatever.

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.

Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio.

When I did that interview with Hepburn, the only ground rule was, you did not discuss Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy's widow is still alive, and she respected that.

Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall.

Don may yawn at the idea, which he often does, but the great thing about Don, he has confidence in me and Mike and Ed and Leslie and Steve, that we're not going go out and do stories that will put people to sleep.

I think it has sullied his presidency. As brilliant a politician as Bill Clinton is, as magnetic a personality as he can be, there is one little screw loose somewhere.

Some people, you have to grit your teeth in order to stay in the same room as them, but you get on and ask the questions you assume most of the people watching want to ask.

Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened.

I really don't care what movie stars have to say about life.

The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about the areas to which they have been appointed.

The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis.

Killing is the payoff of war.

What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it.

Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express.

You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times.

No great pastry chef has sweet teeth.

The helicopter is a fine way to travel but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis.

We are on Sunday night because that is where they put us 30 odd years ago. I think we became a habit.

The Republicans claim they are for strengthening Pell grants when the truth is that over the last four years, their legislation has done the exact opposite.

While only about half of the voters feel they know very much about Reagan or what he stands for, the Republicans who do have a very positive perception of him.

For the next century, the Republicans have agreed that we will promote the dignity and future of every individual by building a free society under a limited, accountable government that protects liberty, security and prosperity for a brighter American dream.

One of the great joys this year and the year before has been how all of the people in this body, men and women, Republicans and Democrats, have worked together so well with our chairman and the chairman of the full committee to address the issues of housing for our soldiers.

Latins for Republicans - it's like roaches for Raid.

Tonight was a great opportunity to take on the political status quo that has given us trillion dollar deficits and put millions out of work. Our objective was to inject some common sense into the conversation among Republicans at a time when business-as-usual simply won't work.

I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.

The way I look at it is this, as Republicans, we look for less government interference in our lives.

We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators.

And I want to be able to - you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California.

Big government conservatives are spending trillions and wasting billions. Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal conservancy, but the party of runaway spending and corruption.

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.

There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq, wonder how many of these nation-building wars we're going to engage in and what the parameters of that are.

The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.

I think it's the broadest source of dissatisfaction amongst Republicans, out-of-control spending.

You know I don't think we need the Republicans to steal family values from us.

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

Most Republicans call the show 'The Left Wing.'