Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
I give no more paroles to British officers.
I cannot command winds and weather.
A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect.
Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.
Protecting Afghan civilians is the cornerstone of our mission.
He slides into second with a stand up double.
My grandfather read the 'John Carter of Mars' books to me when I was young.
I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.
With Vietman, we found ourselves involved there before we really understood what was going on.
The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
The conflict of theories, leading, as it eventually must, to the survival of the fittest, is advantageous.
You do something annual every year, don't you?
Anything that changes your values changes your behavior.
I want to be better informed with regard to ichthyology.
You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking.
From 1931 to 1937, I was a Fellow and Lecturer in Economics at Hertford College, Oxford.
It's almost as if a demon might have passed from one host to another.
In any insurgency there will be people who are irreconcilable and who pose a clear and present threat to the U.S. and our allies.
