Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

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

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.