Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

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

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

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Money is what things run into and people run out of