The historian does simply not come in to replenish the gaps of memory. He constantly challenges even those memories that have survived intact.

Cal stares ahead, as if his eyes alone can set the entire world on fire. I think he wants to. That would make this easier.

Europe should stick to an open economy, to competition and we should refuse protectionism. It will not save one single job in the long run to protect non-competitive industries.

I am not someone who believes we should build a fence around our country but I do believe there ought to be some fairness with respect to the rules of this globalization.

Arnold Schwarzenegger made his tax returns public, [and] now there's a problem about him stretching the truth. Apparently under occupation he put down 'actor.'

You can fail in films because you don't have the talent, or you have too much humility, or you lack ferociousness. I'm a gangster. If I want something, I'll grab it.

It is only when human beings see themselves simply as human beings, no longer as gods, that they are in a position to perceive the wholly other nature of God.

I want to give moral relativism the good spanking it deserves.

Don't compliment me in the middle of an argument. It won't make me stammer or blush, and it just makes you look desperate.

We are not created for any grander purpose than the ants that are there or the flies that are hovering around us or the mosquitoes that are sucking our blood.

we are the lords of all eternity