The male clerk with his quill pen and copper-plate handwriting had gone for good. The female short-hand typist took his place. It was a decisive moment in women's emancipation.

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.

Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.

If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.

History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.