I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed.

Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.

Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland.

Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist.

We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.

No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities.

You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains.

I believe politicians should always remain realistic.

I think if someone else other than Reagan, someone less of a hardliner, had been in power then the breakthrough in ending the Cold War would not have happened.

I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.

I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties.

Has it ever occurred to you, ' he said, 'that the whole history of English poetry has been de-termined by the fact that the English language lacks rhymes?

That boy is talented. You don’t develop those gifts in houses or in schools.

You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.

Believing in one’s own art becomes harder and harder when the public response grows fonder.

Pointless thinking is worse than no thinking at all.

Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

Marriage was a form of insanity; love hovering permanently on the edge of aggravation.

When you dance, do you feel desire? Do you feel as if you were summoning up a greater energy? When you dance, are there moments when you cease to be yourself?

I wanted to be an artist, because it's a much better scam than being an architect.