More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

The nastiness of women [in the 14th century] was generally perceived at the close of life when a man began to worry about hell, and his sexual desire in any case fading.

To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup.

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

What his imagination is to the poet, facts are to the historian. His exercise of judgment comes in their selection, his art in their arrangement.

Business, like a jackal, trotted on the heels of war.

One must stop conducting research before one has finished. Otherwise, one will never stop and never finish.

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.

Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.

The presence of God is so important in the life of believers. There is abundance of all you need to make your life comfortable in His presence.

You broke my heart.I fell for you and you broke my heart.Period, done, end of story.

We’re wasting our time trying to deal with Baghdad, It’s better to call for independence today.

The music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn't happen because some business component that you never knew about stops it.

There's something about the way of playing a repellent character, that if you can play him with a certain amount of charm, you can get away with a lot.

I want to do things that are very outside of the box, and I want to do movies that no one else can do. If someone else can make the movie that I'm making, then I shouldn't do it.

I need to keep traveling, being a gypsy, having experiences and writing about them.

Is the cinema more important than life?

You want me to do what? What part of stupid crawled up your sphincter and died?” – Caleb

Be honest with yourself, and you will find the motivation to do what you advise others to do.