You have no idea how much it contributes to the general politeness and pleasantness of diplomacy when you have a little quiet armed force in the background

It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

World communism is like [a] malignant parasite which feeds on diseased tissue

The nuclear bomb is the most useless weapon ever invented. It can be employed to no rational purpose. It is not even an effective defense against itself.

Instruments of coercion, once created, have a tendency to find their own natural masters.

There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives.

The United States should not jump around like an elephant frightened by a mouse.

A political society does not live to conduct foreign policy; it would be more correct to say that it conducts foreign policy in order to live.

War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy.

The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of self-control is never a source of strength in political affairs.

Everybody's damaged by something.

Memory is essential to who we are, and memories can be both implicit and explicit - unconscious and conscious.

[Golfers] are a special kind of moral realist who nips the normal romantic and idealistic yearnings in the bud by proving once or twice a week that life is unconquerable but endurable.

My goal is to win. It doesn't matter how I do. I want to do well, but I just want the team to win.

There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.

Take the humbug out of this world, and you haven't much left to do business with.

There are no standards of taste in wine... Each man's own taste is the standard, and a majority vote cannot decide for him or in any slightest degree affect the supremacy of his own standard.

Wait. Look. Notice. If you keep those three words in mind, you just might survive the next few days.

Jesus called us to abide in Him. The foundation of this reality means to talk with Him.

There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.