The objective of nuclear-weapons policy should not be solely to decrease the number of weapons in the world, but to make the world safer – which is not necessarily the same thing. – Herman Kahn
I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels. – Howard Coble
Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility. – Herb Kelleher
The BBC should not have a cheerleader. It should have somebody who runs the organisation in the interests of the public and that should be a chairman. – Gavyn Davies
We need to separate the two peoples: Israeli Arabs are part and parcel of Israel, and Palestinians should be separate, as part of a two-state solution. – Isaac Herzog
Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If I wanted to take a more activist or journalistic slant in work, I should probably just go be an activist or a journalist. But I’m happy being a comedian. – John Oliver
I think poetry should be read very much like prose, except that the line breaks should be acknowledged somehow. – Jonathan Galassi
Novels usually evolve out of ‘character.’ Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an aesthetic coherence. – Joyce Carol Oates
Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations. – James Madison
A weightlifter should be able to do everything and borrow things from other sports to beat competitors. – Ilya Ilyin