Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.

I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.

The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.

Publish and be damned.

Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.

Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.

Habit is ten times nature.

When my journal appears, many statues must come down.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.

The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.

Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.

When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out.

The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.

You can't choreograph death, but you can choreograph your funeral.

In 70s America, protest used to be very effective, but in subsequent decades municipalities have sneakily created a web of 'overpermiticisation' - requirements that were designed to stifle freedom of assembly and the right to petition government for redress of grievances, both of which are part of our first amendment.

It's the nature of journalism to need to be close to your subjects. And either you're able to be tough on them, which a lot of us are, or you get in bed with them, and some people do.

I wish people didn't just think of me in the '60s. I'm not any era.

My music is really fun music, with some pan-African and pan-American influences.

I don't see myself as a famous person.

It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car.

A rumor that followed me forever was that my family was in the mafia. For years I had to live with it. They'd call me the mafia princess, so I rolled with it for the rest of high school. People even joke about it today.

I don't think of it so much as the shows I did or the film sets. I mean, sometimes you'll get a nice location, but it's more, 'Who am I meeting on a day-to-day basis?' Often the rehearsals are a lot more fun than the show itself.

So, if you're doing good longform with talented people than you can step out and you can be the president or a construction worker and people accept that. It's really the roles you give yourself.

We don't look at records, but if we can make history in this club, we will. It's not only about Chelsea, this league.

Although most Americans don't know it, the U.S. gets more oil from Canada than it does from the entire Middle East.

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.

All around the world one heard or read that there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.

I love to go hiking. I hike every day for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours in the hills around LA. I go to the gym every day, too.

Some day Love shall claim his own Some day Right ascend his throne, Some day hidden Truth be known; Some day - some sweet day.

I started my career with 'Refugee' in Bhuj. Now, it has become a full-fledged city.

I skate now for fun and to keep myself in shape.

Unlike film, live theater is an anti-naturalistic medium in which character is mainly illuminated through speech and movement.

I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers.

'Dead Aid' is about the inefficacy and the limitations of large-scale aid programs in creating economic growth and reducing poverty in Africa.

I'm sticking to the script, I'm putting that organic feeling back in the game.

This country consumes more pornography than any other country in the world.

When I'm working with improv people, I give them the green light to just bring it and try things.