To meet Roosevelt with all his buoyant sparkle, his iridescence, was like opening a bottle of champagne.

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.

By being so long in the lowest form [at Harrow] I gained an immense advantage over the cleverer boys. . . . I got into my bones the essential structure of the ordinary British sentence - which is a noble thing. Naturally I am biased in favor of boys learning English; I would make them all learn English: and then I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honor, and Greek as a treat.

If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.

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

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

His name is Rufus II-but the II is silent.