It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job: it's a depression when you lose yours.

I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference.
-- (circa 1962)

If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.