Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.

Charm never made a rooster.

A flowers appeal is in its contradictions so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance so small in size yet big in beauty so short in life yet long on effect.

You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time, just try to do music that you like and you are proud of and not just whatever you think it's going to take to get you on the radio.

I like the OMG Girlz. They're real and they're friends.

Being self-supporting is important to me.

As I have been saying for more than a year now, turning this vital mission over to the Iraqi people as soon as possible should remain a topic of debate for Congress while relying on our military commanders to set up the timetable.

That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music.

My real name is Alfonso. My grandfather and dad are also Alfonso, so I was the third. So my mom just gave me the nickname Trey because I was the third.

Freddie Mercury, to me, was probably the most important frontman to me growing up.

I always wrote little things when I was younger. My first opus was a book of poems put down in a spiral notebook at five or six, handsomely accompanied by crayon illustrations.

Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human life.

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

Our flag represents every American and it should not be hidden away as a result of property agreements.

But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is the essence of real human love, feels the presence of the cherished child even in the debased, degraded man.

I just didn't believe I was like everybody else. I thought I was unique.

You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.

When I was mayor of New York, my views changed. I began as mayor of New York City thinking that I could reform the New York City school system. After two or three years, four years, I became an advocate of choice, of scholarships, and vouchers, and parental choice, because I thought that was the only way to really change the school system.

I'll never retire. I'm just using up somebody else's oxygen if I retire.

I don't like the idea of playing a one-dimensional character who is just fearless, strong, and killer and has instincts and just thrives in dangerous circumstances - that's really boring to me, and I don't think it represents what most women feel inside.

I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.

When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people are saying.

I actually knew I was going to be perfect for Def Leppard, sorry I hate to say that but I knew it.

Most turkeys taste better the day after, my mother's tasted better the day before.

Do not skip meals. Eat three meals a day and eat until you feel satisfied and comfortably full.

I need to do psychology classes. That would be so interesting to me, studying people.