Both the Bush people and [Barack] Obama people had no problem working with the holdovers. They weren't out to get them.

Nationalism is like cheap alcohol. First it makes you drunk, then it makes you blind, then it kills you.

We intend to leave it without further discussion. We respect this request by the government of Uzbekistan

At least in my country, we have come to accept the flags burning, but what we cannot accept is violence, burning of embassies and intimidations, and there is no excuse for that.

Partisanship is not part of my professional makeup.

Think of Europe in the 20th century. Two World Wars generated by nationalism. France, Germany, Britain fighting with each other.

Ronald Reagan reached out to Gorbachev. At the same time, we were pushing back against the Soviets all over the world. He was able to do two things at once, and it worked out very well for us.

The world should contemplate a nuclear weapons-armed Iran with the greatest of concern.

I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought he was.

No great power is ever satisfied with its sphere of influence. They never are.

Be careful about a policy generated with enthusiasm in the rush of a moment. It usually doesn't turn out well.

The simple truth is that technology is still a poor substitute for human interaction.

Just like it is in the life of an individual or an organization, one of the catalysts of progress is discipline and order.

There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything.

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.

Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it?

The praise helps on a deep level, which gives you the grounding that encourages you to trust yourself. On another level, each film is a risk, and the praise doesn't save you from that risk.

Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease. [Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]

There's a ball. There's a hoop. You put the ball through the hoop. That's success.

When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.

I never had a movie that I wanted to do turned down in my whole life. I always write the script first so it speaks for itself.