Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others experience.

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.

I accept the blissful gifts of beautiful flowers and plants.

Taking actions will fulfill your dreams and wishes, not the prayers and blessings.

While the gods remained more human, the men were more divine.

The Tanakee are thought to possess strange, almost supernatural powers.Their eyes are described as large and hypnotic." From Tribe of the Teddy Bear

If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.

Perhaps there are just some things you leave behind when you choose a new life.

Please. If you were mostly dead in the middle of the road I'd obviously stop. And then I'd watch you die." Kate to Will

I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave.

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'

Scientific truth will out, you can't hide the sun under a stone.