"I can assure you, as long as I'm here, as long as my colleagues are here, we do know about risks."

“My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.”

“Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities.”

“Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own case I gained a lot by studying the characters of the chiefs under whom I served from time to time. Lord Wolseley, for instance, said: "Use your common sense rather than book instructions."”

“I am really very, very tired of everything - more than tired.”

“We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.”

“I come from a boxing background. Three generations of boxers. I personally hate to fight, but I love the science of boxing. Mind, body. So for me, shadow boxing or hitting the heavy bag is something that gets me in a centered state. It's calming for me. To me, boxing isn't about the other person. It's about me. My inner struggles. It works for me.”

“I have sometimes wondered also whether in people like me who come to the boil fast (soupe au lait, the French call this trait, like a milk soup that boils over) the tantrum is not a built-in safety valve against madness or illness. ... The fierce tension in me, when it is properly channeled, creates the good tension for work. But when it becomes unbalanced I am destructive. How to isolate that good tension is my problem these days. Or, put in another way, how to turn the heat down fast enough so the soup won't boil over!”

“Handicap: an allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different ability to do equally poorly on the same course.”