People seldom learn from the mistakes of others-not because they deny the value of the past, but because they are faced with new problems.

You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.

We shall kill. If you have not killed at least one German a day, you have wasted that day... Do not count days; do not count miles. Count only the number of Germans you have killed.

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

Music has a great advantage: without mentioning anything, it can say everything.

Kill the Germans, wherever you find them! Every German is our moral enemy. Have no mercy on women, children, or the aged! Kill every German - wipe them out!

Every master knows that the material teaches the artist.

There is no progress in art.

There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

Time narrows or expands according to how we approach it. It varies with a man’s breadth, with his heart.

Man is apt to be more moved by the art of his own period, not because it is more perfect, but because it is organically related to him.

When a hug is this big, you feel it for days.

Grumbling and gratitude are, for the child of God, in conflict. Be grateful and you won't grumble. Grumble and you won't be grateful.

Bad guys need love too.

I used to sing songs and write with my uncle, Bill Owens.

Democracy cannot be forced upon a society, neither is it a gift that can be held forever. It has to be struggled hard for and defended everyday anew.

That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds.

The only time you realize you have a reputation is when you're not living up to it.

Beauty can get a woman what she wants: love and money. But when beauty leaves you, so can the things it brought.

The establishment of a central bank is 90% of communizing a nation.

And though circuitous and obscureThe feet of Nemesis how sure!