A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

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.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.