The United States are a miracle: the division between two states is sometimes a river or a mountain, and sometimes it's a straight line. But nobody says, "That tree really belongs in South Carolina. I shan't do anything about it now, I'll get it back later." I shall go after I am here to London and after that to Potsdam, where Comrade Stalin, Mr Churchill and Harry Truman divided up Europe; and what we see now is the result of that. The Americans would have accepted it. But Europeans don't accept anything.

If love means anything at all it means extending your hand to the unlovable.

It's a strange situation, but people will pay your fare to get you to go and tell them how to be happy.

You can't be a person and a lady. If you're a person, you can open the damned door yourself.

To say a thing is natural is to condone it, never to praise it.

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.

You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to come to you.