Kingman Brewster, Jr.

"I'm very curious to know what the hell they're saying on the phone, but I'd be more worried if they weren't talking. "

"If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious. "

"It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II. "

"Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information. "

"Maybe you are the cool generation ... If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration. "

"The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all. "

"There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation. "

"Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure. "

"We all live in a televised goldfish bowl. "