Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was succeeding a failed Republican president, and Americans had voted for change. What that change might be Roosevelt never clearly said, probably because he himself didnt know. – Russell Baker
When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible – cowards and fools. – Russell Baker
Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them. – Russell Baker
Id be happy to be taken as a woman – and thats what I was initially trying to do when I started throwing on dresses and stuff. But that wasnt going to happen because everyone kept calling me sir. So I thought Id change the method and just start wearing what I wanted to wear. – Eddie Izzard