A good executive is one who makes people contentedly settle for less than they meant to get, in return for more than they meant to give.

Men feel that women somehow drag them down, and women feel that way about men. It's possible that both are right.

Always live up to your standards — by lowering them, if necessary.

Failure can get to be a rather comfortable old friend.

Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be.

All love is probationary, a fact which frightens women and exhilarates men.

Some marriages break up, and some do not, and in our world you can usually explain the former better than the latter.