Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.

The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.

Most of our people have never had it so good.

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.

I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.

I'd like that translated, if I may.

With respect to the requirement of art, the probable impossible is always preferable to the improbable possible.

The virtuous are among the the weakest and quickest to sin

A photograph is always invisible, it is not it that we see.

It takes me a lot of time, and it's almost frustrating for the guys sometimes because they're waiting for a new song. And I - it's just so important for me to get the perfect, exact, right song.

It is easy to discover what another has discovered before.

It'll always be easier to fight others if you reduce them to a single word or look at them just one way.

Donald Trump is not qualified to be president because he's not qualified to deal with Vladimir Putin.

I have a great desire to make people smile - not laugh. Laughter is too aggressive. People bare their teeth.

Whenever one has anything unpleasant to say, one should always be quite candid.

I guess one person can make a difference.