To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).

What we learn from History is that no one learns from History

The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish.

God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.

Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.

A speculator gambles that a stock will go up in price because somebody else will pay even more for it.

Was I a perfect gastric-bypass patient? Yes. Was I a perfect gastric-bypass pregnant woman? No. I made a decision to enjoy my pregnancy... So sue me!

Why is it that we are born remembering, and live forgetting?

It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.

A great deal of beauty is rapture. A circle is a necessity. Otherwise you would see no one. We each have our circle.

Can a sparrow know how a stork feels?

You'll be sorry if you marry a man you don't love.

As a child there was no place for adventure or experimentation. I guess that kind of freedom started in high school with punk rock. That's what enlightened me to not being afraid to express myself.

It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions.

For me one of the most important things is not feeling like you have to protect yourself if you're with a real friend.