[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie.

I get my exercise being a pallbearer for those of my friends who believed in regular running and calisthenics.

If we win, nobody will care. If we lose, there will be nobody to care.

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

This is a war of the unknown warriors; but let all strive without failing in faith or in duty, and the dark curse of Hitler will be lifted from our age.

Most people hate the taste of beer - to begin with. It is, however, a prejudice that many people have been able to overcome.

An American diplomat is sometimes like a bull who carries his own china shop around with him.