It is a damned sight easier to start wars than to end them. This truth has been stated for as long and as often as it has been ignored. High time and thank God, we are at least moving toward de-escalation in Vietnam. The road to extrication will be long, painful, bitter. But it must be trod. We are so bogged down in Vietnam that we cannot respond effectively anywhere else in the world to a military power play except through atomic bombardment.

I made my money the old-fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative right before he died.

When it's your own fault, things hurt worse than when someone else is to blame.

One's real worth is never a quantifiable thing.

If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.

Blaming destiny is a poor out for those who don't reach desired destinations.

There is just no way any management with any intelligence and foresight cannot recognize the value of a corporate image. It is the best, single marketable investment that a company can make.