The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Our distrust is very expensive.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.