He would never understand women, he thought. They were life’s great mystery.

For the khan, we will take their cities, their women, and their lands. This is the great raid, the farthest strike in the history of the nation of Genghis. We will not be stopped.

Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.

The nation of my father is too strong for a man who cannot command even his own body.

A man needs to feel a little fear, Tolui, if only to have the pride of conquering it.

As he prepared to ride on, he chuckled at the thought of the wolf entering the sheepfold. He would not ride with fire and destruction. The shepherd did not frighten his own pretty lambs.

The wisdom of age is bitter when those you have failed have gone.

God had mercy, he knew. The Mongols had none.

There is no escape from me, not even in death.

The greatest leaders can inspire you and lead the way without ever having to give you their back.

An army of philosophers would not be sufficient to change the nature of error and to make it truth.

A real leader spends his time fixing the problem instead of finding who to blame.

Sorrow has a name, and its name is loneliness. Sorrow has a shape, and its shape is absence. Sorrow is a sickness like any other.

Diesel is back," Ranger said. Yes. How did you know?" I woke up with a migraine this morning." Ranger said.

Gypsy [Rose Lee ] was a masterful storyteller, and her memoir and by extension, the musical weren't only Gypsy's monument; they were also her chance for monumental revisionism.

Once we came to accept the photographic image as reality, the way to its future simulation was open.

I'm not a mean player. You'll notice I never pick on a player who has a number above 30.

When allowed to return to the class, your feelings of humility and lonesomeness will render you a much finer student and person.

Femininity and sport can go together.