War should only be used for a policy worth its sacrifices.

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.

Put the baby on the paper.

There can be few situations more fearful than breaking down in darkness on the highway leading to Casablanca. I have rarely felt quite so vulnerable or alone.

Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out.

And the only reason for making honey is so as I can eat it.

Right now, I'm standing behind the glass, and I guess that's a metaphor for how my life will be going forward.

No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.

Nothing is certain by uncertainty.

It is never persuasive to argue that you are not the kind of person who does what you are actually doing.

One may even suspect that there is more to reality than measurements will ever reveal.

I myself, at one time, wanted to be like the explorers of the Himalayas that I used to read about; people intoxicated on the myth of history.