Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh.

Politics are not an instrument for effecting social change; they are the art of making the inevitable appear to be a matter of wise human choice.

The Americans, of course, are quite dotty with hospitality.

You don't have to deal with anyone in America. They accept you the way you are.

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.

I've come from a very masculine country to a feminine country. England was very masculine; people went from England to abroad, and they landed from above and they said "These are the gods you will worship, these are the crops you will grow, now go away and do it." Which is a manly attitude. Americans go abroad and they say, "Try not to quarrel so much", which is a feminine attitude.

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.