People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).

What we learn from History is that no one learns from History

The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish.

God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.

Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.

God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker.

If you’ve got an idea, act on it up to its perfection.

Wisdom is in uniconsciousness.

To make the world. To make it again and again. To make it in the very maelstrom of its undoing.

My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

America may be the best country in the world, but that's kind of like being the valedictorian of summer school.

Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.

When the dialogue is on point and I feel like the overall story and message is really serving something that's socially progressive, it really makes me want to be a part of it.

I really enjoy what I do, and I'm very grateful to be given an opportunity to do it. That's one thing that people can say about me.