Dean Acheson

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

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

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

If art is singular expression, then by nature, the best art is controversial. But when art stirs debate for reasons besides its artistic integrity, that's when things get bent.

There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.