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We got off the buses and were met by the senior cadets, who were immediately a bunch of dicks.
How Green Was My Valley
People are terrible at filling garbage cans. They’ll see six big cans and fill each one halfway instead of loading three of them full.
I have always tried to approach life with what I call the “reasonable-man attitude.” If you have some sense of perspective, you are not likely to get too high or too low.
I’ve been diagnosed with a disease that is probably going to kill me. And probably sooner than later. So courage does not enter into it.
What amazes me about charities these days is that I keep getting these requests in the mail: “It’s time to renew your membership.” Who made me a member? I sent you a donation. It was a donation. I did not join a club.
I joke, because of my age, “I’ve recently been supporting the Alzheimer’s Association. Well, I think I’ve been supporting the Alzheimer’s Association. I’m not sure.”
Earning an extra $200,000 because the federal government has reduced your taxes by 2.6 percent is not going to change your life. So why not pay that tax money and help the poor?
What the world needs now is a conscience, in the business community and in politics.
You could replace me as the host of the show with anybody and it would likely be just as popular. Hell, after thirty-six years with me, it might even be more popular. The show might be even more appreciated than it is with me as host. This goes back to what I said earlier about always insisting I be introduced as the host rather than the star. I try to be intelligent enough with regard to my profession to know what the most important elements of the show are. Right at the top are the writing and the clues.
For years, my breakfast of choice was a Snickers and a Diet Coke. Then my doctor lectured me about changing that. So now it’s a Kit Kat and a Diet Pepsi.
When I think of Ken, I think of a quality human being. Extremely bright—that goes without saying. Someone who’s not out to impress you. Somebody I can be very simpatico with because I think we’re the same type of person. We’re comfortable in our own skin and comfortable in dealing with other people and don’t feel we have to go out and impress or make a mark. He’s somebody I genuinely liked as a contestant on the program.
My motto has been, in terms of dangerous situations, until you know what the hell’s going on, don’t do anything.
Kaiser Wilhelm line, which was one of General Patton’s favorite quotes: “L’audace, l’audace, toujours l’audace.” Audacity, audacity, always audacity.
