What Douglas had once seen as the attractive over-confidence of youth, now looked more like unyielding selfishness.

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.

Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Well socialism is exactly the reverse.

Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.

Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.

Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.

The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.

When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.

I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.

Whatever path you take, there is a league of bad road.

Be kind to all living things. Nature notices everything.

Don't bother about your looks, just bother about your character

Underneath my lashes I watched him, and I thought, Come back. Be the you I love and remember

The news is glorified gossip.

The strength that I have comes from irrigating the citrus plantation, ploughing in the vineyard, guarding the melon fields at night. I believe that's what gave me the strength.

One thing I always tell people. If you want to be gold medalist, you partner one.

If I need something, I'll invent it.

Leadership is one of the most enduring, universal human responsibilities.

A garden is never finished.

If you look at America, which was the experiment of the smallest conceivable government, what grows out of that is the largest government the world has ever seen.