Why are you weeping ? Did you imagine that I was immortal ?

I am the State. [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]

One king, one law, one faith.

It is legal because I wish it.

Impatience for victory guarantees defeat

In every treaty, insert a clause which can easily be violated, so that the entire agreement can be broken in case the interests of the State make it expedient to do so.

Only small minds want always to be right.

The years go by one after the other; time slips past us with out our being aware of it; we grow old like ordinary men and we shall end like them.

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

Has God forgotten everything I've done for him ?

I wouldn't really call myself a feminist. I obviously want equality and equal opportunities to the men.

This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.

After 14 months of military service, I had a wife, a child, half an apartment, no car, and no job.

come and get it, you dumbass

I would love the opportunity to work in Chicago. It would be like a dream come true, if I could work there on something like the way ER was filmed.

An unfamiliar city is a fine thing. That's the time and place when you can suppose that all the people you meet are nice. It's dream time.

American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I'm sure there are words that are simply in there 'cause I like them. I know I couldn't justify each and every one of them.

Scientific truth will out, you can't hide the sun under a stone.

Ignorance speaks loudly, so as to be heard; but its volume proves reason to doubt every word.

Students from the same teacher will differ in their skills