It was Queen Elizabeth who made me a foreign correspondent.

There are good reasons why everybody should heed politicians' advise not to believe the media. One of the best is that the media report what politicians say.

Sending grown-ups up the wall is one of the things adolescence is all about. A few years ago it was done with rock 'n' roll music. Now at least they can do it quietly with a home computer.

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems.

A railroad station? That was sort of a primitive airport, only you didn't have to take a cab 20 miles out of town to reach it.

The best discussion of trouble in boardroom and business office is found in newspapers' own financial pages and speeches by journalists in management jobs.

When you're the only pea in the pod, your parents are likely to get you confused with the Hope diamond.