"Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars."

"The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure."

"Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours."

"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."

"My point here is I think international pressures of our acting unilaterally again are going to be such that the administration will say, well, we just can't take this on now."

"I think I've always been drawn to the second person. When I was growing up and playing with my friends, the usual way we interacted with imaginary worlds was as characters: a bench was 'your' boat, leaves on a lawn were the fins of sharks out to get 'you.'"

"To dream is to realize that a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"I represented the people of Hawaii and this nation honestly and to the best of my ability. I think I did okay."