Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they're actually beautiful.

When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they're actually beautiful.

It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.

It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.

Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.

Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it...

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it...

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you...

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you...

It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that...

It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that...

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that...

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that...

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to...

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to...

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a...

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a...

A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.

A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that...

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that...

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity...

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity...

You know, you really can't beat a household commodity - the ketchup bottle on the...

You know, you really can't beat a household commodity - the ketchup bottle on the...

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that...

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that...

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then...

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then...

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in...

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in...

Exercise? I get it on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I...

Exercise? I get it on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I...

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will...

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will...