A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.

I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

The greatest victory is defeat.

I will not give up on love.

It's not always easy to distinguish between existentialism and a bad mood.

I let a friend set me up on a blind date. It was a disaster. She ended up being a burn victim. By the end of the night.

Nevada's one of the most conservative states in the Union, but you can do what you want in Vegas and nobody judges you.

What the world, social and political, concrete and mental, really needs is not new things, but the old things made new.

People always try to find base motives behind every good action. We are afraid of pure goodness and of pure evil.

It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.

Sometimes I get a funny feeling inside me that I shan't be here very long, and I'm not talking in terms of things like success. It frightens me sometimes

I love De la Renta. I love CoSTUME National; I think they're just incredible. And I love Marc Jacobs, too - they're also great, just a great brand.

Advertising doesn't create a product advantage. It can only convey it.