Greatness is a quality of character and is not the result of circumstances.

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.

If I went on a killing spree that left thousands of people dead, I'd be branded as the worst kind of criminal. So why it is okay for the government to do exactly that?

How can a rabbi not live with doubt? The Bible itself is a book of doubt.

I'm looking for uncommon people.

Every mathematical discipline goes through three periods of development: the naive, the formal, and the critical.

Each time someone dies, a library burns.

It's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all.

You don't want the men to be written in a three-dimensional way and the women, not.

For the amount of talent I had (and I couldn't dance, act, or tell a joke) I enjoyed a tremendous career.

Shoot the bad guys and I'll gladly sing a tune for you.

Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.