No man comes out of his own memorandum of conversation looking second best.

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

Between 9 and 10 AM the American radio is concerned almost exclusively with love. It seems a little like ending breakfast with a stiff bourbon.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

The great corrupter of public men is the ego - corrupter because distracter. Wealth, sensuality, power cannot hold a candle to it. Looking in the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer.

The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest.

To silence criticism is to silence freedom.

Although there are good and bad companies, there is no such thing as a good stock; there are only good stock prices, which come and go.

In every party there is one person who, through his dotingly credulous enunciation of party principles, incites the other members to defection.

Just like zillions of children, album covers educated and informed me, and certainly did I later transpose organically, rather than by intent, those principles both in fashion design and photography.

I would recommend if you come to Ocean Grove and you're not from around here, don't wear rubber pants, a pink shirt and a blue jacket. Leave that for Asbury Park.

It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every Bachelor of Arts, That all sin is divided into two parts. One kind of sin is called a sin of commission, and that is very important

Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn't get easier. It just doesn't.

Have confidence in yourself - don't let yourself be used.

the more naps you take, the more awakenings you experience.

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.