If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat.

A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.

To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.

Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like.

Light matters should be dealt with seriously. Serious matters should be dealt with lightly.

The way of the Samurai is found in death.

Bushido is realised in the presence of death. In the case of having to choose between life and death you should choose death. There is no other reasoning.

In the eyes of mercy, no one should have hateful thoughts. Feel pity for the man who is even more at fault. The area and size of mercy is limitless.

Go ahead and gamble a lie. A person who will not tell you seven lies within a hundred yards is useless as a man.

The end is important in all things.

One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.

I had a dream about you last night... I was a brick and you were a blanket. Damn that improbability drive.

A woman is always buying something.

But, I don't want to assume that our tradition of excellence is a guarantee of future excellence.

There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

The Iraqis sat down for talks on how to put together a post-war government. They would have sat down yesterday, but somebody stole all their couches.

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing.

When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You are talking anti-Semitism.

When I was five I was touring, singing and dancing. Always gone, always out of school.

My audience is going to die before I do.

Being a family in general is a comedy of errors.