As I grow older I find that though I think I'm saying the same things as I always did, people listen to me more.

I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins.

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.

The stupidity of a stupid man is exercised in a restricted field; the stupidity of an intelligent man has a much wider diffusion, and a far greater effect, aided as it is by the element of surprise.

The young need old men. They need men who are not ashamed of age, not pathetic imitations of themselves. ... Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.

Life is unfair but remember sometimes it is unfair in your favour.