“Being on the inside could be an addiction”

“It is difficult to trust someone not raised to doctrine.”

“He had been around politicians for a long time, and he was prepared for some outburst.”

“They loved the sound of their own voices. No decision would be reached anytime soon.”

“In spite of his Cold War credentials, Kennedy still believed in the power of words.”

“In a crisis, time was always the enemy.”

“Every honorable man is forced to yield to blackmail once or twice in his life, just for the sake of keeping peace in the community.”

“The bonds of friendship dwindle with age, Oliver. But a little blackmail lasts forever.”

“I am one of those servants butlers usually who respectfully points out when their master is about to do something stupid: "You should probably only burn the document once the blackmail has been c...”

“One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important.”

“We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.”

“Musics the soundtrack of my life and has been since I was a teenager. Theres always music. If Im not playing it, Im listening to it. With my writingsometimes it inspires a story, sometimes it highl...”

“It is better to seek spirituality than materialism.”

“....I am inclined to think that these muscles and bones of mine would have gone off long ago to Megara or Boeotiaby the dog they would, if they had been moved only by their own idea of what was bes...”

“Eyes blinded by the fog of thingscannot see truth.Ears deafened by the din of thingscannot hear truth.Brains bewildered by the whirl of thingscannot think truth.Hearts deadened by the weight of thi...”