It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives

[Quin also blamed Wood's reticence about his health problems on the social setting of the interview, saying there was] a bit of bravado going on, ... of that generation where he wants to downplay his health problems.

Throughout the country, I see the same design problems and solutions over and over.

I think President Bush had a very hard 2005 with his failed efforts on Social Security and the problems he had with (Hurricane) Katrina, the continuing beleaguered nature of the war in Iraq. I could go on. But he turned a corner on Dec. 15, I believe, in Iraq with the elections there. And he seems to have kind of picked up an offensive spirit again.

I used to be a great fan of doing crosswords. When you're fiddling around with anagrams, you get wonderful jumbles of syllables that become interesting.