In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.