“It is a very tough agreement, with many thorns, and as for the question of who will implement it, that depends on who the Greek people trust to negotiate debt restructuring.”

“I am often inclined to put the implementation questions first, ie, "Can anything be changed?" Should the implementation question not accompany the whole process from its very beginning to its very end?”

“Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.”

“Would you trust the linguistic intuitions of someone who has been studying Latin or Greek for three days?”

“Like many who have no reason for pride, that very lack of reason for it made me the prouder. But certain realities have a way of making themselves felt, and debt is one of them.”

“If man's heart bares thistles instead of rose who will dare to admire? Before roses cometh thorns, but people only see the thorns not the roses I bare.”

“We cannot negotiate with people who say what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable."

[(The White House, July 25, 1961)]”

“I have known many people to ask for advice but very few who wanted it and none who followed it.”

“In every case, here's the challenging bottom line: practicing tough love is- without question- toughest on the man who loves the most.”

“There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.”