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“Diplomacy: Lying in state.”
— Oliver Herford

“My wife has a whim of iron.”
— Oliver Herford

“A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's—she changes it oftener.”
— Oliver Herford

“Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a person of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment recall.”
— Oliver Herford

“Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.”
— Oliver Herford

“I don't recall your name, but your manners are familiar.”
— Oliver Herford

“Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.”
— Oliver Herford

“Actresses will happen in the best-regulated families.”
— Oliver Herford

“Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs and patronizes human beings.”
— Oliver Herford

“A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even practices it without any hope of doing it well.”
— Oliver Herford

“Age, like distance, lends a double charm.”
— Oliver Herford

“I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America ever violated an order - not one.”
— Oliver North

“I was authorized to do everything that I did.”
— Oliver North