My advice to any diplomat who wants to have good press is to have two or three kids and a dog.

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.

It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.

A minority group has 'arrived' only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it.

The library is the temple of learning.

There are no embarrassing answers-just embarrassing questions.

There aren't any embarrassing questions — just embarrassing answers.

(President Nixon,) in the face of a vote to impeach he might try, as "commander-in-chief", to use military forces to keep himself in power.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.

When you know your enemy is invincible, run and hide, or may do business with him.

A strong man tied to a weak man… When there is trouble, the strong man's strength counts for nothing.

Effectiveness comes when the opinion of a person comes into agreement with God’s opinion.

To many a youth and many a maid, dancing in the chequer'd shade.

What day is so festal it fails to reveal some theft?

Yes, I'm reckless and sometime express no concern for my own well being, and I express a misanthropic view of the world, but to have an opinion, you can't be a nihilist.

No one will ever ask me to sing because it's beautiful. My secret is hiding my musicianship behind humor.

If we get better our customers will demand we get bigger.

When it comes to investing, my suggestion is to first understand your strengths and weaknesses, and then devise a simple strategy so that you can sleep at night!