They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

Russian may seem narrow-minded, impudent, or even stupid people, but can only pray for those who are against them.

I was shown a picture by Cézanne of a blank wall of a house, which he had made instinct with the most delicate lights and colours.

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.

Personal initiative, competitive selection, the profit motive, corrected by failure and the infinite process of good housekeeping and the personal ingenuity-here constitute the life of a free society.

The Pashtun tribes are always engaged in private or public war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian Every large house is a real feudal fortress....Eve ry family cultivates its vendetta; every clan, its feud....Nothing is ever forgotten and very few debts are left unpaid.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.