It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.

Accepting blame when it's not really due sometimes makes the point better.

The hardest time to tell: when to stop.

If you say what you think don't expect to hear only what you like.

Economists' unanimity that bad business is ahead is the most reassuring news possible. It's very unlikely that this will be the one time they're right.

When a fissure off the California coast started pumping and dumping oil on the nearby towns and beaches, everybody started dumping on Union Oil. Matters weren't helped one iota by a manufactured quotation attributed to Union's president, Fred Hartley, alleging his amazement at the publicity for the loss of a few birds.... Fred Hartley never said what the press reported, as the transcript and the Senate committee members definitely established. But I don't suppose the truth will ever catch up with the more colorful falsehood.

As you get older, don't slow down. Speed up. There's less time left!