In war, force is used by the belligerents themselves, no effort being made to bring evildoers before a judicial body, each army acting as judge, jury and executioner.

Tragic experience indicates that the most sacred obligations are utterly disregarded when their observance means losing the war.

Once war consisted of individual combats between armed men. Later it was waged between lines of men in opposing trenches. Now it is organized slaughter of whole populations.

I have a face that is a cross between two pounds of halibut and an explosion in an old clothes closet.

Hillary Clinton doesn't quit. She doesn't give up. I respect that.

Placetne, magistra?" "Placet.

Until the church is holy there'll be no rapture - I don't care what theory of the rapture you have.

Why worry one's head over a thing that is inevitable? Why die before one's death?

Knowledge always desires increase, it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterwards propagate itself.

I don't want to be the only survivor on the island with no smoke.

I always look tired, but I'm not. I just look like I am.

The poet is always our contemporary.

Exercise? A Jew doesn't exercise.