Kissinger would probably be outraged even if he reread his own memoirs, on the grounds that they are not favorable enough.

Henry Luce to his Time magazine writers: "Tell the history of our time through the people who make it.

Just because you can't act EVERYWHERE doesn't mean you don't act ANYWHERE. – Madeleine Albright

As much as Henry Kissinger wanted to attribute historical movement to impersonal forces, he too conceded to "the difference personalities make".

There should be an honored place in history for statesmen whose ideas turned out to be right.

Einstein's was a beautiful mix of confidence and awe.

See life for what it is - a blessing to be lived - rather than what is so often reduced to

Sometimes it doesn't matter "what you're doing?", the thing only matter is "At least you're doing something than doing nothing

He was making up a story, and she was buying into his bullshit. That was a recipe for disaster

Choose your friends wisely, and also choose friends that you can trust.

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.

We love our dear ones deeply and miss them when they leave us. But we know that the bond of love is greater than death.

There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand.

All the home I know is a hotel. Why, I don't even have a dog... I don't know the first thing about cooking or taking care of a house.

Human beings like variety, and they also like partnership . . . these are scientific values we can point to.

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.