“Frank held up the Chinese handcuffs. “Keep it simple.”

“To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.”

“Keep simple things simple.”

“Keep it simple.”

“Keep things simple.”

“Hey, you're gonna have to keep it simple for us folks! Keep the words simple so we can understand what you're talking about.”

“It is as difficult [for Chinese politicians] to get a real smile [from the people] as it is to keep the sky blue and clouds white.”

“I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural.. to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.”

“If babies held the same tendency toward self-criticism as adults, they might never learn to walk or talk. Can you imagine infants stomping, 'Aarggh! Screwed up again!' Fortunately, babies are free of self-criticism. They just keep practicing.”

“A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it's an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.”