“Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with...” — Helen Rowland Quote

“Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.”

“Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor.”

“One man's folly is another man's wife.”

“Once at the White House I was asked to conduct the Drum and Bugle Corp. The man just handed me the baton and I finished the song. It was great. I got to keep the baton.”

“I really did have this powerful sense, when I was in New Orleans after the storm, of watching all these profiteers descend on Baton Rouge to lobby to get rid of the housing projects and privatise the school system - I thought I was in some science-fiction experiment.”

“I was a rock star. I was the president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.”