One seldom expects the country's president to adequately note the passing of a rocker, but Jimmy Carter's assessment of Elvis Presley's appeal - 'energy, rebelliousness and good humor' - is remarkably close to the mark.

Jimmy Carter was unquestionably the most moral president of my lifetime, but he wasn't much of a president.

As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.

I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil.
And that no one knows the truth.

I'd like to see something similar to the program that was in place back when Jimmy Carter was president, where people were offered some incentives to conserve.

Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women said they were afraid of being beaten, raped, or killed by men. She then asked a group of men why they felt threatened by women. They said they were afraid women would laugh at them.