The Army was my bread and butter.
I was a peaceful sedentary man, a lover of a quiet life, with no appetite for perils and commotions. But I was beginning to realise that I was very obstinate.
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.
I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.
That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.
And where the deepest current crawls Like thistledown the dainty fly falls. Then from the depths a silver gleam Quick flashes, like a jewel bright. Up through the waters of the stream An instant visible to sight As lightning cleaves to sombre sky A rainbow rises to the fly.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness.
I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist. . . I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world.
I think the forms of terrorism are becoming very diverse, amongst them cyber-terrorism, for example.
A brand new Telemundo poll says that three out of four Hispanics that vote nationwide have a negative opinion of Doanald Trump. They don't like you.
I've always been willing to take risks and chances. Often I'm on talk shows and hosts will ask 'How do you feel about it, when people say you're controversial?' And I say that, 'I think if I stop being controversial, I wouldn't be doing my job.