For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German.

It is the soldier and the army, not parliamentary majorities and decisions, that have welded the German Empire together. I put my trust in the army.

Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.

Paris for lunch, dinner in St. Petersburg.

Woe and death to all who resist my will!

Germany must have her place in the sun.

We have conquered for ourselves a place in the sun. It will now be my task to see to it that this place in the sun remains our undisputed possession, for our future lies upon the water.

I see myself as an instrument of the Almighty and go on my way, regardless of transient opinions and views.

You will come home before the leaves have fallen from the trees.

The tsar [Nicholas II] is not treacherous but he is weak. Weakness is not treachery, but it fulfils all its functions.

I am the emperor of Germany, but you are the emperor of chefs.

In the new quiet I heard the sea as if my ears were laid against the ocean floor. I could hear everything. The rumbling earthquake of a ship and spider crabs moving between weeds.

The best bubbly I ever tasted was laughter.

My painting teacher in high school used to say, 'I can't paint like I want to, but through practice I'll get better.' But I don't think that's true. I think sometimes you just can't paint.

Creativity is an infinitely renewable resource - you are not going to run out of it - so don't be afraid to use it.

New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party.

When I cease to preach salvation by faith in Jesus put me into a lunatic asylum, for you may be sure that my mind is gone.

Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.

I'm the luckiest writer on earth.

If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when George Steinbrenner answered I'd say, 'Howdy, pardner.'

You’ve got to visualize where you’re headed and be very clear about it. Take a polaroid picture of where you’re going to be in a few years.