Cuban mechanics obviously have to be the best mechanics in the world.They're going to figure out all sorts of things to do.

If you have to have 25 French paratroopers to guard a single synagogue, it means that life is not healthy in France for Jews

Pretty much the worst reason to bomb someone is to prove that you're willing to bomb someone.

I think Fidel [Castro] has a stronger allergy to the market than his brother, but he is not getting in the way of what his brother is implementing.

I would just not be surprised if, 10 years from now, there is a Trump golf course at the Bay of Pigs. Just mark my words.

Iran is the prime state sponsor of terrorism in the world.

There's practical political considerations obviously, but there's also these broader themes, which is like, I don't want to be the manager of the Middle East.

There's nothing that the United States can do. Nothing that would change systems in the Middle East, nothing the United States can do that would make the Middle East a better place.

...but the power of spilled blood overwhelmed the good intentions of those who wanted to end the violence.

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

He couldn't imagine, couldn't imagine the horror of scrubbing your own father's blood out of the floor. Better to set the whole house on fire, better to leave and never come back."pg 338

Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.

Entire families work for Xerox.

The entertainment business hasn't had a new idea in years.

Christ the Lord is risen to-day, Sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.

Life moved ever outward into infinite possibilities and yet all things were perfect and finished in every single moment, their end attained.

You cannot hear music and noise at the same time.

Why should I want what's good for me?' Beatrice asked him, smiling. 'Is that what you want for yourself - only what's good for you?

Truth is no rounder than a horse's eye.