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.

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.

A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.

Sometimes there is no time to wait for the sea to calm down! If you have to reach your target, let your voyage start and let the storm be your path!

You can choose not to sit on the fence. You can choose not to criticise. You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.

And then came human beings; humans wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to.

Excellence is the asymptotic state that never quite reaches perfection.

Sweet springtime is my time is your time is our time for springtime is love time and viva sweet love.

I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.

I am, I think the only surviving member of the original Battle Creek church. The church was disbanded, with the exception of thirteen members, in 1870.

Art is not to throw light but to be light.

I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.