Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.

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.

Are you on our side...and want to be different, or are you on that side and want to throw a football at my head!?

Communication without a specific focus is just noise. It achieves little beyond taking time and energy.

I have a slight addiction to Diet Coke, and, of course, I absolutely shouldn't touch it because it makes the kidneys work really hard.

I want to be the next Walt Disney, only a little more wicked.

Part of walking the line as showrunner is trying to please people and still be true to what you believe creatively.

Generally speaking, you like to dance with the girl that brung you, and if you can't sometimes you have to shoot her.

The supreme need in every hour of difficulty and distress is for a fresh vision of God. Seeing Him, all else takes on proper perspective and proportion.

It is the energy projected by an individual's own mind which creates his experience.

You'll nip anybody who's coming at you with bullshit. You don't play around. You take this craft very seriously. It's what separates you, what separates an actor from an artist.

Through obedience learn to command.