The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.

Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.

People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'

My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding kind. If you're fortunate - and both of us are - you come from the kidding kind of Irish family.

In midlife, we're as dumb as we get.

People say free trade causes dislocation. In actual fact, it's the lowering of trade barriers that causes the dislocation.