Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state

One of the best ways to persuade others is by listening to them.

We're eyeball to eyeball...and I think the other fellow just blinked.

Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive.

One third of the people of the world are asleep at any given moment. The other two thirds are awake and probably stirring up trouble somewhere.

If you don't pay attention to the periphery, the periphery changes and the first thing you know the periphery is the center.

While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in.

Continuity does not rule out fresh approaches to fresh situations.

The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks

When you solve a problem, you ought to thank God and go on to the next one.

The pace of events is moving so fast that unless we can find some way to keep our sights on tomorrow, we cannot expect to be in touch with today.

I'm a weak man, Navani. I really am. If I give myself a few feet of leeway, I burst through all of my prohibitions.

Life is nothing short of a phenomenon. In every sense life is mysterious and unfathomable.

The act of love is a confession.

A warrior must learn to make every act count, since he is going to be here in this world for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other hand, how many people really want to be operated upon by a surgeon who talks broad cockney?

I suppose you could pass for a starlet. You do have that femme fatale air about you. Like you crush boys’ dreams in your spare time.

I didn't get the degree because in my last year, for my thesis film I made a feature called Permanent Vacation and they'd given me a scholarship, the Louis B Mayer fellowship and they made a mistake.

Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.

The question is whether personal freedom is worth the terrible effort, the never-lifted burden and risks of self-reliance.