"History may be accurate. But archaeology is precise."

“Peace - the word evokes the simplest and most cherished dream of humanity. Peace is, and has always been, the ultimate human aspiration. And yet our history overwhelmingly shows that while we speak incessantly of peace, our actions tell a very different story.”

“Generally speaking, followers will not commit themselves for very long to a leader who is not also a pragmatist. As most of us have discovered, dreams are only powerful when we believe they can come true. Pipe dreams belong in the realm of fantasy; leaders' dreams belong in the realm of possibility.”

“I'm not an economist and we all know economists were created to make weather forecasters look good.”

“Libya as a country is a relatively new concept. The period of Libya as a modern nation really starts after World War II.”

“Greatness has nothing to do with results or with success.”

Source : Georg Brandes (2015). “Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition)”, p.10, WILLIAM HEINEMANN

“The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.”

“As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.”

“When a filmmaker does not make films, it is as if he is jailed. Even when he is freed from the small jail, he finds himself wandering in a larger jail. The main question is: why should it be a crime to make a movie? A finished film, well, it can get banned but not the director.”

Source : "Strange Bedfellows: Koch and London Critics Heap Praise on ‘King’s Speech’" by Melena Ryzik, carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com. December 21, 2010.