It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear.

Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.

I always read everything on the desks of people I went to see in Moscow, London, Paris I found it quite useful.

Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe.

Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce.

Every man should make up his mind that if he expects to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man's dollar.

As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient.

Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized that Stalin had broken his agreement.

Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.

Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.

I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world.

There is no index of character so sure as the voice.

The ultimate sophistication of subversion is to take over the government, not by unlawful but by lawful means.

What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy.

Attitudes truly are contagious, and from time to time we need to ask ourselves, 'Is mine worth catching?'

If people around you aren't going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they're dragging you down, get rid of them.

Somebody once said that you can never act and be another person; you're only acting facets of yourself. I think there's a lot of truth in that.

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

The more you ignore me, the closer I get; you're wasting your time.

My job has always been to hold a mirror up to nature.

To be honest, I think about the clubs when I write. But I should probably start thinking about stadiums, because the songs sound even better there - and bigger.