In America the press rules the countrty; it rules its politics, its religion, its social practices.

A man can do anything he wants to do in this world, at least if he wants to do it badly enough.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your friend.

Memory and Habit are attributes of the Time cancer. They control the most simple Proustian episode, and an understanding of their mechanism must precede any particular analysis of their application.

It felt good to be surrounded by books, by all this solid knowledge, by these objects that could be ripped page by page but couldn't be torn if the pages all held together.

Every day, man is making bigger and better fool-proof things, and every day, nature is making bigger and better fools. So far, I think nature is winning.

Gossip is never fatal until it is denied.

All the old fellows stole our best ideas.

It may be that the very qualities that help people get ahead are the ones that make them ill-suited for managing crises. It's hard to prepare for the worst when you think you're the best.

There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community.

I'm not ugly, but I'm far from pretty.

Hearing a crowd scream is the coolest sound in the world. It can motivate me to do anything.

And either victory, or else a grave.