Everybody was being decent, and when people are decent, thing work out for everybody. That has been my theory all through life. If you're making money, let the other fellow make it too. If somebody's getting hurt, it's bad, but if you can work a thing out so that everybody profits that's the ideal business.

For me, a hearty "belly laugh" is one of the beautiful sounds in the world.

Banquet: a plate of cold, hairy chicken and artificially coloured green peas completely surrounded by dreary speeches and appeals for donations.

Everybody was being decent, and when people are decent, thing work out for everybody. That has been my theory all through life. If you're making money, let the other fellow make it too. If somebody's getting hurt, it's bad, but if you can work a thing out so that everybody profits that's the ideal business.

The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.

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

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.