National Missile Defense is of a nature to retrigger a proliferation of weapons, notably nuclear missiles. Everything that goes in the direction of proliferation is a bad direction.

Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way.

Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face.

You cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine. It [Great Britain] is the country with the worst food after Finland.

I am logically in favour of a referendum. It would be the only legitimate way.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

One does not export democracy in an armored vehicle.

As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.

If our language, our programs, our creations are not strongly present in the new media, the young generation of our country will be economically and culturally marginalized.

One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.

the next time you hear someone in a workshop remarking on how good a particular free-verse line or passage sounds, scan it. The odds are that it will fall into a regular metrical pattern.

#4. Spend more time considering areas of agreement than disagreement. The doctrines you share with other true believers are the foundational doctrines

As an entrepreneur I am often asked how I kept my perseverance. Well persevere comes from the Latin roots purse as in "money " and sever as in "cut off." That's why I persevered.

It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it.

If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It's management's risk and management's responsibility. Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?

Actually I walk around with the Emmy wherever I go, but I'm very casual about it.

Government can screw up just about everything. Given enough power and time it will screw up everything.

I had hoped to let the one-half cent sales tax sunset this year, but we do not believe revenues will grow as fast as we hoped for the rest of the year.

Blaming others is nothing more than excusing yourself.

It doesn't do to be sentimental about cats; the best ones don't respect you for it