We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).

What we learn from History is that no one learns from History

The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish.

God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.

Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.

People don't think when they're enjoying themselves. Thinking is a sign of disturbance.

Hey sky, take off your hat, I'm on my way!

Great writers are the saints for the godless.

If you feel far from God right now, guess who moved? You’re only a decision away from reconnecting.

The conflict between pacifism and socialism ultimately reflects a greater quandary of how one engages with such a system.

I сan't imagine how ROBOCOP could be PG-13.

I only know we loved in vain; I only feel-farewell! farewell!

Though the desire of fame be the last weakness Wise men put off.

I just want to do movies, and I want to sell them. I don't want to link up with some product.

I hardly ever read mainstream fiction that deals with life as it is. I like an element of fantasy, something that isn't quite of the real world.