I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

He who laughs last didn't get the joke.

Some of us weren't born for rewards, Froi. We were born for sacrifices.

In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.

Food is a creative, personal journey

We cannot change the past, she thought. How we long to sometimes, trying to work out how horror might have been averted by a fluke of fortune, a kind intercession, wisdom not yet granted.

If you meet a man who deeply believes he knows it all, then you have succeeded in finding a man who's unwise.

The rights we have as free individuals is the right to choose as we please.

If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt.

I came out around 25 publicly.

I've got an adjective that just fits you.

You don't want another Enron? Here's your law: If a company, can't explain, in one sentence, what it does... it's illegal.