I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague to get Czechoslovakia to do it, and my hand always goes up first.

Time is money. Wasted time means wasted money means trouble.

I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague to get Czechoslovakia to do it, and my hand always goes up first.

Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.

I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.

If you hear someone scream, you shouldn't close the drapes. You should help. You've got to try.

Visiting old haunts is hard on memory. Things shrink, change, and disappear.