If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.

It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

Let's all pretend to be someone else, and then perhaps we'll find out who we are.

I think the greatest single enemy is the misuse of information, the perversion of truth in the hands of terribly skillful people.

The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.

I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.

Blackmail is more effective than bribery.

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course

The entire world is surviving only due to ‘beliefs’, not because of ‘Knowledge’ (Gnan). Every human being is (living) only because of beliefs.

Never get discouraged because you got fired

There is something inside all boys that drives us to go away again and again and again.

Someday I'll fly Someday I'll soar Someday I'll be so damn much more Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for

The Million Man March would never have been successful if it were not for the women who stood with us and helped to organize to make the March what it eventually became.

He could charm an audience an hour on a stretch without ever getting rid of an idea.

Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch. [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.]

The typical imperative from biology is not "Thou shalt... ," but "If ... then ... else.

Do not think me fussy when I specify tidiness. It is essential... In printing, remember that cleanliness and order wait upon success.