There's practical political considerations obviously, but there's also these broader themes, which is like, I don't want to be the manager of the Middle East.

If you have to have 25 French paratroopers to guard a single synagogue, it means that life is not healthy in France for Jews

Pretty much the worst reason to bomb someone is to prove that you're willing to bomb someone.

Cuban mechanics obviously have to be the best mechanics in the world.They're going to figure out all sorts of things to do.

I think Fidel [Castro] has a stronger allergy to the market than his brother, but he is not getting in the way of what his brother is implementing.

I would just not be surprised if, 10 years from now, there is a Trump golf course at the Bay of Pigs. Just mark my words.

Iran is the prime state sponsor of terrorism in the world.

There's nothing that the United States can do. Nothing that would change systems in the Middle East, nothing the United States can do that would make the Middle East a better place.

...but the power of spilled blood overwhelmed the good intentions of those who wanted to end the violence.

The unification of worlds is an author's priority, as one of them surely resides forbidden to the public.

Even the wisest and the best of us can be foolish occasionally.

The Labor Party is a body that does not seek political life, and does not fight for its life.

Prayer is, for me, like that - a state of being together with God. It's not usually triggered by liturgy or special needs. It's more like what the Bible instructs us to do: Pray without ceasing.

It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you have to be thinking.

Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" Harry interrupted again. "So he can sneak up on people," said Ron. "Sometimes he gets bored of running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking.

I guess my experience with some stuff is kind of abstract.

Strategy is the articulation of the overall objectives along with general guidelines on achieving those objectives.

Necessity knows no magic formulae-they are all left to chance. If a love is to be unforgettable, fortuities must immediately start fluttering down to it like birds to Francis of Assisi's shoulders.

Making people laugh was automatic.