We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.

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.

I have daughters and I have sons.When one of them lays a handOn my shoulder, shining fishTurn suddenly in the deep sea.

It is often the tiny steps that define the big moments in our dreams.

There is no such thing as a pretty good omelette.

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.

Thank God that He has permitted us to live among the present problems. It is no longer permitted to anyone to be mediocre.

Men do not know how to appreciate and measure luck except that of others. Their own never.

True love is an act of total surrender.

Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying.

I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.

Step aside from all thinking, and there is nowhere you can't go.