This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.

Art was an additional emotion applied to skillful technique.

Making fun is serious business.

I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life – doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

I hope we shall abolish war and settle all differences at the conference table.

You’ll never find rainbows if you’re looking down.

Imagination means nothing without doing.

I am for people. I can’t help it.”

“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

“To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

Generals aren't in the business of commenting on the correctness or incorrectness of the President's decisions. Anybody who thinks he should be able to do that ought to be fired on the spot.

The fun of fishing is catching 'em, not killing 'em.

I am living proof that if you catch prostate cancer early, it can be reduced to a temporary inconvenience, and you can go back to a normal life.

I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.

I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.

A great deal of the capability of an army is its dedication to its cause and its will to fight. You can have the best equipment in the world, you can have the largest numbers in the world, but, if you're not dedicated to your cause, if you don't have the will to fight, then, you are not going to have a very good army.

"Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good."

“It's time to leave. There is so much out there to do and say and listen to. I can go on the road, because I can come home. I come home, because I am free to leave.” 

“Feminism...is not 'women as victims' but women refusing to be victims.” 

“Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.”

“the clearest view is always from the bottom. Kennedy” 

“I took a part-time editing job to pay the rent. It was work I could do at home, but when suddenly I was expected to spend two days a week in the office, I quit, bought an ice cream cone, and walked the sunny streets of Manhattan.” 

“Change seems recognizable only after it’s happened, like putting one’s foot down for a familiar stair—and it’s not there.” 

“She didn’t put her finger to the wind; she became the wind.”