When the gap between ideal and real becomes too wide, the system breaks down.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

The nastiness of women [in the 14th century] was generally perceived at the close of life when a man began to worry about hell, and his sexual desire in any case fading.

To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup.

More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life.

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

What his imagination is to the poet, facts are to the historian. His exercise of judgment comes in their selection, his art in their arrangement.

Business, like a jackal, trotted on the heels of war.

One must stop conducting research before one has finished. Otherwise, one will never stop and never finish.

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.

You have not been called to change the world, but you have been called to change something.

Five years from now I see myself still working hard to get where I want to be, because I think big.

Build a house?" exclaimed John. "For the Wendy," said Curly. "For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl!" "That," explained Curly, "is why we are her servants.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

If it had gone in, it would have been a goal.

You have to do a little bragging on yourself even to your relatives-man doesn't get anywhere without advertising.

If you go through life and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.

And I don't think we should be continuing to propagate the idea that famous people are magical or special because it makes people feel like their lives ain't no good.

By giving children lots of affection, you can help fill them with love and acceptance of themselves. Then that's what they will have to give away.