Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope.

After the First World War the economic problem was no longer one of production. It was the problem of finding markets to get the output of industry and agriculture dispersed and consumed.

The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp.

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction.

When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions.

As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small and nations so dependent on each other that the only alternative to war is the United States of the World.

We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the absolute national sovereignty of nations is no longer possible.

The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion.

Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago.

Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and a new age of world unity and peace.

Do not be concerned with how others treat you. Be only concerned with how you treat others.

Brastias. My friend.” Uh-oh, this couldn’t be good. “Do you lie to me?”“Uh . . . no.”“See? That’s a lie!

If it is to be It is up to me.

My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.

Be lamps unto yourselves; be your own confidence. Hold truth within yourselves.

Stop fighting. Everyone's a person too. And take care of the Earth, please.

I majored in Chinese Studies. I'm probably the only director of chicken Indian zombie movies who can speak pretty good Mandarin.

I do not believe that the majority of men in the world would like to hurt women, but they can be very complacent, and that is just as bad.

If you put in the work, put in the time, put in the effort, you're going to reap the benefits.

Desire is the mother of motivation because that is where your motivation is born.