Quotes from Paul Hoffman

But I felt that most of us in the world today gave priority to our personal interests.

In its best prewar year, Europe with almost 300 million people had a gross national product of 150 billion dollars. In that same year, the United States with 150 million people had a gross national product of 300 billion dollars.

There are times we are givers, but others time we have to let others give to us.

As far as we were concerned, we were operators, we were administrators. I don't ever recall going to Dean Acheson and asking for any counsel or advice on administration, but I had the greatest respect for him, as I have today.

If there was to be a new Europe, there not only had to be a common market, but also great mobility in labor.

If the dead can come back to this earth and move unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you; in the garish day and in the darkest night—amidst your happiest scenes and gloomiest hours—always, always; and if there be a soft breeze upon your cheek, it shall be my breath; or if the cool air fans your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit passing by.

Hypocrites,' replied Cale, 'I've come across a lot of them recently. I mean by that I understand now how many of them there are.

Get on your feet or die.

Many are called, few are chosen.

The wicked have weakness other than their willingness to kill and maim. Even the bleakest, cruelest soul can have its tender spots. Even the harshest desert has its pools, its shady trees and gentle streams.

We are all cynics now, I suppose, and even a mewling infant knows that to save a life is to make an eternal enemy.

It's pointless to blame someone for being themselves and looking to their own interests.