I would just not be surprised if, 10 years from now, there is a Trump golf course at the Bay of Pigs. Just mark my words.

If you have to have 25 French paratroopers to guard a single synagogue, it means that life is not healthy in France for Jews

Pretty much the worst reason to bomb someone is to prove that you're willing to bomb someone.

Cuban mechanics obviously have to be the best mechanics in the world.They're going to figure out all sorts of things to do.

I think Fidel [Castro] has a stronger allergy to the market than his brother, but he is not getting in the way of what his brother is implementing.

Iran is the prime state sponsor of terrorism in the world.

There's practical political considerations obviously, but there's also these broader themes, which is like, I don't want to be the manager of the Middle East.

There's nothing that the United States can do. Nothing that would change systems in the Middle East, nothing the United States can do that would make the Middle East a better place.

...but the power of spilled blood overwhelmed the good intentions of those who wanted to end the violence.

There is no happily-ever-after to run to. We have to work for happiness.

There is the will of the people

Joy is a sure sign of the presence of God in your life.

Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored — it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those who feel it least and allow its evil effects to go on.

Meticulousness is the better part of serendipity.

Duties are what make life most worth living. Lacking them you are not necessary to anyone.

The only thing I can ever do is make a film that I can respond to. I could not make a romantic comedy for college girls. I wouldn't know how that works.

Here’s my mantra: ‘Every mile is a gift.’

I have a stab wound on my left hip and one on my thigh and a slash mark across my right calf. I have a bottle stab wound on my left calf.

The wickedness of the few makes the calamity of the many.