Present wars impoverish the lords that win as much as those that lose.

The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.

I love eye shadows that are shimmery and playing with colors. There's just more you can do with your eyes.

Mosquitoes can ruin the hunt for big game.

I've played everything but a harp.

It's when the thing itself is missing that you have to supply the word.

There is nothing new in this world other than the history that you don't know yet.

Poetry finds its perilous equilibrium somewhere between music and speech.

It's a really incredible time to be working in television.

What joy have I in June's return? My feet are parched-my eyeballs burn, I scent no flowery gust; But faint the flagging zephyr springs, With dry Macadam on its wings, And turns me 'dust to dust.'

Beethoven and Michelangelo, who sold their artworks for profit, were entrepreneurs and capitalists.

If you worry about the ones you missed, you are going to keep missing them.