One Cannot Leap A Chasm In Two

There Comes A Precious Moment In All Of Our Lives When We Are Tapped On The Shoulder And Offered The Opportunity To Do Something Very Special That Is Unique To Us And Our Abilities, What A Tragedy It Would Be If We Are Not Ready Or Willing.

The Empires Of The Future Are The Empires Of The Mind.

There Is No Doubt The Charge Was An Awful Gamble And That No Normal Precautions Were Possible. The Issue As Far As I Was Concerned Had To Be Left To Fortune Or To God - Or To Whatever May Decide These Things. I Am Content And Shall Not Complain.

The Very First Thing The President [truman] Did Was To Show Me The New Presidential Seal, Which He Had Just Redesigned. He Explained, 'the Seal Has To Go Everywhere The President Goes. It Must Be Displayed Upon The Lectern When He Speaks. The Eagle Used To Face The Arrows But I Have Re-designed It So That It Now Faces The Olive Branches ... What Do You Think?' I Said, 'mr. President, With The Greatest Respect, I Would Prefer The American Eagle's Neck To Be On A Swivel So That It Could Face The Olive Branches Or The Arrows, As The Occasion Might Demand.'

If You Don't Take Change By The Hand, It Will Take You By The Throat.