The secret of victory is to find the point of maximum vulnerability and then strike. No matter your feelings. No matter how much you respect the enemy.

The faith is not the problem, Bernadette. The problem is the faithful.

People want to believe.

Freedom is a terrible burden, much too heavy for the weak man to bear.

The secret is to create the condition for change, a process that sometimes takes decades, and then use certain men as pivot points, a fulcrum to move history.

The surprise was worse that the pain. It showed a lack of awareness.

Time is the only thing even money can't buy.

You have all the time in the world when you know what you are doing.

Love your children while they are young. Because they grow up soon enough, and then… then the have no need of you.

I'm married to the future.

People believed what made them comfortable. What fit with their preconceptions of how the world worked.

It is not so important where one settles down. The best thing is to follow your instincts without too much reflection.

I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her.

Because she favours solitude and indwelling, an artist can live a significantly more claustrophobic life that she had ever intended.

If you must commit suicide ... always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.

How would you like a job where, if you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?

'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.

Everybody knows how much time Fang spends in bed. A local store that gives a 30 days' trial on mattresses gives Fang only 15 days.

In their work, then, as in their play, men and women are more and more coming to share with each other as comrades, and really the fun of life seems in no wise diminished as a consequence.

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

Now listen, we need to be quiet as mice. No, quieter than that. As quiet as...as..." "Dead mice?" Reynie suggested. "Perfect," said Kate with an approving nod. "As quiet as dead mice.