The best simpleminded test of expertise in a particular area is an ability to win money in a series of bets on future occurrences in that area.

When we succeeded in winning the Cold War, escaping a nuclear Armageddon that could have killed us all, the U.S. inevitably had a serious problem about an encore: what now for our place in the world?

There are two great tragedies in life: one is to fail to achieve one's grandest ambitions, and the other one is to succeed.

And I hope that we can learn the lessons of the past in looking at the current challenge that China poses to a ruling America.

Terrorism is really the only existential threat to America as we know it - as a free country that plays a leading role in the world.

I think the election of Trump was an expression of what happens in ruling powers as they become alarmed.

For interests that are vital to the U.S. - that is, essential for our survival and wellbeing - the U.S. should be prepared to use military force - including unilaterally, if necessary.

Putin needs to understand and feel in his gut that if the Chechens get a nuclear bomb, they're going to Moscow first, they're not coming to New York.

Modern architecture only becomes modern with its engagement with the media.

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.

People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.

The moon I see now is the same moon I saw before. Except that before, when I looked at it, it was in anticipation of what it would be like when I got there. That's behind me now.

There is no more fulfilling experience in all the world than the sense that God's Spirit has taken you and dared to use you for His glory.

It is the answers, not the questions, that are embarrassing.

Go your own way. Question everything. Accept nothing. Accept no dogma, no cant. There are too many people walking around thinking they're sacred cows, and they're only half right.

There always seems to be someone looking over your shoulder - just waiting for an opportunity to lecture on The Darker Side of Chocolate

Computers are not good or bad; they are powerful.

If it can be dreamed, it can be done.