Human beings may hate a distant enemy in theory, but they generally prefer to kill their neighbors.

In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.

The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul.

Social peace requires reciprocity.

Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those around us.

I fear that we read of war, like women gossip, to enjoy the bitter misery of others.

A Hamas terrorist, a UN aid worker and a journalist walked into a Gaza hookah bar. And no one could tell who was who.

The M-1 is the best tank in the world, if you can get it to the war in time, if you have a Saddam Hussein who'll give you seven months to move your forces in.

Vladimir Putin hates America, he wants to hurt us. Suddenly Vladimir Putin is a good guy, Russia is okay, no it's not. Russia is evil, Russia is our enemy.

We [the U.S.] think nothing... of attempting to inflict upon other peoples forms of government ill-tailored to their needs.

If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred.

Rekindle the flame within the soul.

Investing is a business where you can look very silly for a long period of time before you are proven right.

I wanted to go to Rome. I got an offer to do an Italian film and I went.

The old watch the young with anguish, pain, fear. Above all what each has learned is what things cost, what has to be paid.

Success is the most natural thing in the world. The person who does not succeed has placed himself in opposition to the laws of the Universe.

It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.

Care and labor are as much correlated to human existence as shadow is to light.

The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.

Don't wait for the stars to align, reach up and rearrange them the way you want...create your own constellation

It's all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap.