Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Keepthings 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

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.