US 40th president.
"He was an All American football player, movie star in "Bedtime For Bonzo," President, 1981-89."
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
"I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting."
"When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision."
Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never never gets done as soon as you wish it would.
An actor knows two important things -- to be honest in what he is doing and to be in touch with the audience. That's not bad advice for a politician either.
"In "Quotable Business," ed. Louis E. Boone, 1992."
N:
"Attempting to explain delay in installing security devices in US embassy in Beirut after bombing that claimed many lives; in NY "Times," 26 Sep 1984."
K:
"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."