To be in love with Debo Devonshire is hardly a distinction.

I walk, walk, walk, walk. That's very good for your heart.

International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don't have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do.