Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own.

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.

All divine power is within you to accomplish great things.

We're doing fine. The fire is no closer today than it was yesterday or the day before. They expected or feared very high winds last night, and they didn't get them.

Time is heavy sometimes; imagine how heavy eternity must be.

If we keep an optimistic view about the future, we definitely have to look for our place. Not to be redundant. And that means we have to emphasize what makes us unique.

Many of us believe that 'real artists' do not experience self-doubt. In truth, artists are people who have learned to live with doubt and do the work anyway.

That's the main thing, looking for interesting characters, good directors, and experiences where you're growing and learning.

Curiosity is the engine of civilisation

When we stop and reflect things begin to happen and sometimes we get the essence of God when we are just quiet.

I do think there is a value in the services of judges for long periods of time.

God didn't make junk.