“I know a lot of people that had one cancer that are not alive today. I...” — Hamilton Jordan Quote

“I know a lot of people that had one cancer that are not alive today. I've had three. So my glass is much more than half full.”

“I like Kahlua and ice cream as a dessert.”

“To say that Jimmy Carter does not understand politics or is not a good politician denies the phenomenon by which he got to the White House. He is without question the best politician, when he's working at it, of anybody I have ever seen.”

“I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.”

“You mentioned Ross Perot. Mr. Perot jumped into the race at the last minute, had one issue that he ran on, the budget deficit, was in and out of the race a couple of times, and still got 20 million votes, didn't have the Internet.”

“And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking about winning 51 percent of the vote. We're talking about winning 36, 37, 38 percent of the vote.”

“Nerves are good. They keep you alive.”

“I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.”

“As a man, if you lose your wife, it's a horrible experience, especially with kids. But when one person passes away and you're still alive, people still depend on you - that's what you have to lean on.”

“Spending a weekend with Hitler would have been boring in the extreme, although you would have had a greater certainty in coming back alive.”

“I feel that my work comes alive all the time.”

“As long as black people preserve their culture in Harlem, Harlem will always be alive.”