"In Washington, it's dog eat dog. In academia, it's exactly the opposite."

"To demand perfection is a sure way to be disappointed in everybody, for you will be bound to think ill of others."

"You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe."

"The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create."

"Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts man's moral position, is mightier than steam, or calorie, or lightening."

"Maybe the gift of any great person is the power to converse with our own hearts."

"It ain't over 'til it's over."

"Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences."

"The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife."

"Fashion changes, style remains."

"La peur de l'ennui est la seule excuse du travail. - Boredom is the only excuse for work."

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain."