As far as we can look back into history, the downfall of any nation can be traced from the moment that nation became timid about spending its best blood.

There is nothing that sharpens a man's senses so acutely as to know that bitter and determined enemies are in pursuit of him night and day.

Failure is an event, never a person.

Currents of desire and excitement that she had not known or thought about for years now flooded in her. She wanted him to bring alive what she had buried, and to demean, destroy, her fabricated self.

Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death.

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

Don't regret the past or fear the future. Both bring misery through self-doubt.

I want to be good at what I do, obviously, and to do that I need to keep my head straight.

These people are artists. These people are musicians. They're taking it out and trying to express it that way.

One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.

Because I see my own boys growing, and I see other children growing and I just have such a connection.

Life isn't just a sequence of waiting for things to be done.