I didn't get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!

Most old people ... are disheartened to be living in the ailing house of their bodies, to be limited physically and economically, to feel an encumbrance to others - guests who didn't have the good manners to leave when the party was over.

If you were a tree, what kind would you be?

I didn't get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!

Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.

People sinking into self-pity and depression are dreary, but they can't get out of it by themselves. So every now and then, just sit there and listen, and listen, and listen. You're paying your membership dues in the human race.

The feeling is that Fidel Castro's much bigger than he actually is.