A man needs to feel a little fear, Tolui, if only to have the pride of conquering it.

He would never understand women, he thought. They were life’s great mystery.

For the khan, we will take their cities, their women, and their lands. This is the great raid, the farthest strike in the history of the nation of Genghis. We will not be stopped.

Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.

The nation of my father is too strong for a man who cannot command even his own body.

As he prepared to ride on, he chuckled at the thought of the wolf entering the sheepfold. He would not ride with fire and destruction. The shepherd did not frighten his own pretty lambs.

The wisdom of age is bitter when those you have failed have gone.

God had mercy, he knew. The Mongols had none.

There is no escape from me, not even in death.

Point your fire like a flower.

I am firmly in the lard camp. It must be what we call leaf lard, which is a specific kind of lard that resides around certain internal organs in the pig.

I only use a camera like I use a toothbrush. It does the job.

A Deity believed, is joy begun; A Deity adored, is joy advanced; A Deity beloved, is joy matured. Each branch of piety delight inspires.

Women need men like fish need bicycles.

Too much virtue can be criminal.

I tried, it was hard, I quit, the end. Story of my life.

Only you have the power to change your thoughts. Alter your thoughts and you alter your world.

You don't know everything, but you know enough!

High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.