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.

Food may be essential as fuel for the body, but good food is fuel for the soul.

To seduce most anyone, ask for and listen to his opinion.

Anticipating is more fun than recollecting.

You're fortunate when you can afford to be virtuous.

I don't think anybody can be a success who doesn't like what they do. [But it's] no job if it has no challenge; there's nothing to it if there are no problems. The essential thing is liking what you're doing.