Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people.

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.

He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.

I like the life of ideas and applying ideas to action.

If they are too big to fail, make them smaller.

Terrorism is not a matter that can be left to law enforcement, with its deliberative process, built-in delays, and safeguards that may let the prisoner go free on procedural grounds.

Obama seems to want to do something to damage rich people.

Before you get mugged by reality, take out an insurance policy. It's the Reagan way.

If somebody had made that [deal] to me when I was a businessman, I would have said he proposed to give me the sleeves from his vest.

Never forget the prime purpose of your life.

He who knows how to use the power of love is the most powerful.

This industry [photography], by invading the territories of art, has become art's most mortal enemy.

What I'm certain I don't want is to find myself someday in a new century, an old bitter woman looking back, wishing that right now I'd had more nerve.

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

One function of the angels is illumination, and the other function is that of being a guardian.

With odorous oil thy head and hair are sleek; And then thou kemb'st the tuzzes on thy cheek: Of these, my barbers take a costly care.

I got fame and fortune, and I lost my sense of reasoning.

I like organizing things. I like organizing my closets, so that I know where everything is. And and I used to color code it.