Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy. Backstabbing for Beginners : My Crash Course in International Diplomacy (2008)
The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. BBC obituary (2004)
Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first. Dear Me (1977)