I think the election of Trump was an expression of what happens in ruling powers as they become alarmed.

When we succeeded in winning the Cold War, escaping a nuclear Armageddon that could have killed us all, the U.S. inevitably had a serious problem about an encore: what now for our place in the world?

There are two great tragedies in life: one is to fail to achieve one's grandest ambitions, and the other one is to succeed.

The best simpleminded test of expertise in a particular area is an ability to win money in a series of bets on future occurrences in that area.

And I hope that we can learn the lessons of the past in looking at the current challenge that China poses to a ruling America.

Terrorism is really the only existential threat to America as we know it - as a free country that plays a leading role in the world.

For interests that are vital to the U.S. - that is, essential for our survival and wellbeing - the U.S. should be prepared to use military force - including unilaterally, if necessary.

Putin needs to understand and feel in his gut that if the Chechens get a nuclear bomb, they're going to Moscow first, they're not coming to New York.

Blood can help make family, but family often transcends blood.

We will bear much fruits, when we connect to the true vine, the Creator.

It may take a lifetime for an individual to live, but it takes just under four seconds for the occupants of the Seville to live a collective life.

I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

It's very nice to feel. You're nothing. You're just nothing when you're near a volcano.

Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.

If I had been told to get out of the street as a teenager, there would have been a distinct possibility that I might have smarted off. But, I wouldn’t have expected to be shot.

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.

I'm bilingual. I speak English and I speak educationese.

Every person who has ever lived has lived an unbroken succession of unique occasions.