When my journal appears, many statues must come down.

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.

With 'Kidnapped,' there didn't seem to be a sure hand guiding it: everything had to be run-up-the-pole, so to speak, and there seemed to be a large committee, every day fighting about what the show was about.

J.J. Abrams is an all-time hero of mine, really lovely to be working with him.

People from all over the world come to London wanting to make their own mark on it, and they add to the energy and vitality of the capital. It's got a bit busier since the '60s, but the more the merrier!

It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.

In many ways, effective communication begins with mutual respect, communication that inspires, encourages others to do their best.

Dimples on the face of a girl are more sweeter than sugar.

NATO expansion and Russian expansion - one leads to the other, and one reflects the other.

I'm not a quitter - never have been.

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

As a former Commander, I gave an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. As a state senator, I gave that same oath. As a Congressman, I gave an oath to defend the Constitution. There are some things that are not negotiable: Faith, my family, and the Constitution are dead center. It is nonnegotiable to me.

Any great achievement is preceded by many difficulties and many lessons; great achievements are not possible without them.

Economics has been called the dismal science. Once you get to understand it you may not find it so dismal but you dont find it much of a science either.

I'm not really a big 'working out' person, but I definitely like to do cardio when I do. I guess I run sometimes, drink green juices once a week.

We do most of what we do out of our sexual energy and our sexual needs.

My favorite fruit is grapes. Because with grapes, you always get another chance. 'Cause, you know, if you have a crappy apple or a peach, you're stuck with that crappy piece of fruit. But if you have a crappy grape, no problem - just move on to the next. 'Grapes: The Fruit of Hope.'

Notes don't make music until you learn to insert silence between them.

I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football.

I've heard people say I'm a Curry and that helped me get where I am. Sometimes I think it's the opposite.

The garden has taught me to live, to appreciate the times when things are fallow and when they're not.

I do like to write but I also like to get and out and play. I am losing track of all the Cooper versions that I do - I have one for Iceland, different one over here.

Family is a unique gift that needs to be appreciated and treasured, even when they're driving you crazy.

I have this desire to have this immaculate form of love that really doesn't exist, so my obsession goes on through life and I never find it and I end up miserable. But it makes me a better writer.

Today's merger makers are not ad people; they're building communications companies.

Computers allow us to squeeze the most out of everything, whether it's Google looking up things, so I guess that tends to make us a little lazy about reading books and doing things the hard way to understand how those things work.