A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).

What we learn from History is that no one learns from History

The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish.

God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.

Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.

You have constellationsgrowing under your skin.starlight in the blood spilledwhen they stole your feathers

It doesn't matter who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it only matters that you love!

I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace.

I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.

I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.

The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.

I tour as many countries as possible, and I've toured every state in America, plus every province in Canada.

I slept with my mom until I was 16 years old.

I finally learned that doing what I want isn't love. I don't want to hurt him again by acting childish.

I love [my parents], but what if I could really talk to them? I mean, what if they had some answers? Or would that just be too weird?