the private conscience is the last and only protection of the civilized world.

I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother.

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.

Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.

After a lifetime of war-watching, I see war as an endemic human disease, and governments are the carriers.

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

I do not see myself as a footnote to someone else's life.

Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens.

All politicians are bores and liars and fakes. I talk to people.

In November you begin to know how long the winter will be.

Freedom' is the most expensive possession there is; it has to be paid for with loneliness.

It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.

I like shows that have some level of intelligence to them. When it's not as predictable, when you don't know what's coming at you.

When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship.

Only two things can stop Tiger — injury or a bad marriage.

But whoever heard of enchanted bacon anyway?

There is a dream that the world could be at peace, but that requires that all the folks with arms disarm, or take over all the arms and allow us to trust them.

For my part, my interest in Paris had faded away completely long ago when I learned that it was in France.

You ought to teach kids that elections take place but that's not politics. If you want to know how legislation is made it doesn't come from elections.

Ever since I met [my wife], my life has been different. I have what I want. I have my Jewel in Millie.

The price you pay to win is nothing once you've made it!