The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply.

The Negro pays for what he wants and begs for what he needs.

For a century after the reign of Frederick, Prussia remained the most prominent Germanic state in Europe.

Genius has no age, no country, no race; it belongs to mankind.

Germany expected that at the most a day or so would see Belgian resistance broken and the dash on Paris begun. It was not safe to start such a forward rush with Belgium unconquered.

Exaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue.

All great people glorify their history and look back upon their early attainments with a spiritualized vision.

If initiative is the ability to do the right thing, then efficiency is the ability to do the thing right.

Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch is handed down from race to race and from age to age, and gains in brilliancy as it goes.

No American can read the story of the part America took in the war without experiencing a glow of patriotic feeling. Every Allied nation can say the same thing.

The Best of the artist's art, which will one day be in a Museum wall, the Painting that sets the artist apart of all other artist artists.

Belief creates the actual fact.

Don't give up.Work hard.Believe in yourself.Do your best.Success will be yours

I have a very close relationship with my parents.

Close-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It's a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because I didn't really have the time to think about how to go about making the film.

A door opens to me. I go in and am faced with a hundred closed doors.

The only hope of a short war is to prepare for a long one.

I just adored working in London. It was in London where I first had the idea of making a film.

Man's body is faulty, his mind untrustworthy, but his imagination has made him remarkable.

Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together.

The trick is, when you grow up, find work that feels like play.