“One third of the people of the world are asleep at any given moment. The other two thirds are awake and probably stirring up trouble somewhere.”

“Ask him about the cemeteries, Dean!"In 1966 upon being told that President Charles DeGaulle had taken France out of NATO and that all U.S. troops must be evacuated off of French soil President Lyndon Johnson mentioned to Secretary of State Dean Rusk that he should ask DeGaulle about the Americans buried in France. Dean implied in his answer that that DeGaulle should not really be asked that in the meeting at which point President Johnson then told Secretary of State Dean Rusk:"Ask him about the cemeteries Dean!"That made it into a Presidential Order so he had to ask President DeGaulle.So at end of the meeting Dean did ask DeGaulle if his order to remove all U.S. troops from French soil also included the 60,000+ soldiers buried in France from World War I and World War II.DeGaulle, embarrassed, got up and left and never answered.”

“When you solve a problem, you ought to thank God and go on to the next one.”

“One third of the people of the world are asleep at any given moment. The other two thirds are awake and probably stirring up trouble somewhere.”

“One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears.”

“We're eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fellow just blinked.”

“One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears - by listening to them.”

“We're eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.”