Tommy Dorsey would walk up to you if you had a tuxedo on and make sure you didn't have on white socks.

This has got to be the greatest school for lab bands in the country. It's great because Leon Breeden and his staff have devoted their lives - not just their time and talent - to build it.

I have no confidence in USA law enforcement.

Early mapmakers kept their backs to the sea

The quicker we get rid of the lobby system the better for all of us. I don't think in this day and age it is tenable to have these nods and winks, and on-the-record and off-the-record briefings.

I'll miss it until the day I die, and I'm convinced to this day that I can get on a horse and jump a course of fences satisfactorily. It doesn't leave you.

What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge but its quality. You can know many things without knowing the most important.

I was fanatically ambitious. All I ever wanted was to be a star. I didnt want to be a singer. I didnt want to be an actress. I wanted to be a star.

William Dalrymple has superseded Mark Tully as the voice of India… He may well be the greatest travel writer of his generation.

Even brute beasts and wandering birds do not fall into the same traps or nets twice.

Art needs no spur beyond itself.

I do not recall to [Kim Jong-un], but it was complex. "Dear young leader of the people and chairman of the joint military commission" or something like that.