Some men will never be heroes, some heroes will never be men, he thought, with urgent acknowledgements to Joseph Conrad.

When a problem threatens to engulf you, there's nothing like irrelevant detail to keep your head above water.

She's become a Russian again, he thought. When something works, she's grateful. When it doesn't work, it's life.

... in moments of crisis our thoughts do not run consecutively but rather sweep over us in waves or intuition and experience ...

Nothing brings down walls as surely as acceptance.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.

The only real person you need to know is you.

For me, a picture should be like sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem. It must have radiance; it must be like those stones which Pyrenean shepherds use to light their pipes.

You hold all of our futures in your hands. So you better make it good.

I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.

I think.' she said, 'that sometimes we don't feel the things that we are. But others can feel them.

It is almost inconceivable that citizens of that time were willing to support so bloody a war, by putting so high a price upon Union and Liberty.

South Africa has faced many problems in the past. You would understand those problems if you understood the history of the struggle to get rid of Apartheid and the struggle to establish democracy.

The Supreme Court is divided almost in half on the decisions. Talk about an international court. How would we ever agree with a lot of foreigners when we can't even agree among our own judges?