It breaks my heart to think about a family weeping over the loss of a loved one. I understand the anguish that some feel about the death that takes place.

Agreement reached by the negotiators?usually starts to collapse in the hands of those who implement it, no matter how carefully cleared at the top.

The way to keep weeds from overwhelming you is to deal with them constantly and in their early stages.

Gardening?is one of the most underrated aspects of diplomacy.

The decision makers face each other. No safety screen stands between the issues and the highest authorities.

Better to use force when you should rather than when you must.

Washington is a resigning town. Nothing else holds the special excitement of a rumored resignation.

I grieve for every death.

Sometimes the price of dreams is achieving them.

I could stand before him, be in his arms as I was just then, and still be lost to him, some phantom of a desire he cherished more than he cherished me, the woman he claimed to love.

We tend to look only on one side of God’s blessing, without noticing the other side of the coin

The era of procrastination...is coming to a close...we are entering a period of consequences - Winston Churchill (warning about the danger of appeasement

As an immigrant, you're constantly thinking about how you're perceived on a community level, and a lot of times it's just on a community level.

I never had any barriers coming from my family. Just encouragement.

My mother was a cracker jack typist. And she would come in and sit at my house and type the final type script before I would then send it to the publisher. And it was nice for us.

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

I don't know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream.

You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.