I've tried to make a book that's accessible to the ordinary, intelligent reader. Very often books that cover this kind of subject are written by academics, for academics. But I am not an academic.

The ultimate sophistication of subversion is to take over the government, not by unlawful but by lawful means.

I've never been to the Soviet Union and the main reason for that is I was warned several times by people from the KGB who had defected to the West that it would be very unsafe for me to go there

I would have no need for the Memory Of Things past if those which were Present were more agreeable

It is a pleasurable thing to earn the admiration of others, but it is a far better feeling to honestly admire thyself.

And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.

Those who think of themselves as healthy are indeed healthy - no matter what is really going on with their bodies.

I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on all day long.

It is in being the caterpillar that you become the butterfly.

In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.

It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman.

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.

Several times we were stranded in strange places without any money and with our credit cards cancelled - trapped in a hotel that we couldn't check out of because we had no money to check out.