To be a bestseller is not necessarily a measure of quality, but it is a measure of communication.

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.

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

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.

I don't want to force my mind to love someone else or adjust with someone whom Inever can give my true love. #Life Of Love - Film

The Mum has the temper of a demon with a diaper rash. (Shamus)

To play billiards well was a sign of an ill-spent youth

There was a period when I just wanted to make what I wanted to make and I didn't care what lie I had to tell.

The most terrible things end, at last.

I'd send Christina Aguilera to Mars cos she'd scare all the aliens!

When my mother died, and when my father died, it's big. Our parents are giants; they're titans of our lives, so of course it's going to be a big deal.

Big productions, to me, are great - like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows - but I think that sometimes it's distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music.

If something isn't working, don't try harder or do more. Do something DIFFERENT.

All the plants in my house are dead - I shot them last night. I was teasing them by watering them with ice cubes.