In the short run, the big windfall winners ... have been the Islamists.

In retrospect, all revolutions seem inevitable. Beforehand, all revolutions seem impossible.

Russians don't want to fight ISIS in Syria. They want to leave that to us. Aside from that, I don't know what are the objectives that Mr. Trump seeks in having a good relationship with Mr. Putin.

Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only stupid people or fools would think it was bad.

I think something that's really understudied and misunderstood is the use of information.

We can deal with Russia on counterterrorism. We have and I think we are right now. That's easy.

All the lives I could live, all the people I will never know, never will be, they are everywhere. That is all that the world is.

One's rebuke engraves itself upon the mind more than one's praise.

There must always be a secret to be unwrapped at Christmas—that’s the rule

Your time to shine is definitely coming, but you must not allow your past failures and disappointments to steal it from you.

Your professional physicist opinion?" I ask.She smiles. "I believe the cat to be alive. And what says my esteemed colleague?""Alive, " I say.

Is there a phrase in the English language more fraught with menace than a tax audit?

Holding on to anger is like poisoning yourself and hoping someone else will die.

I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.

This is the last of earth! I am content.

Most of the time after the US Open, it is kind of like you are trying to finish strong. But to do it five years and maybe six is something that has never been done before, so it is a huge challenge.