A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

The problem is that the East is producing missiles and the West is producing pacifists.

Nationalism is war. - in arguing to strengthen the federal powers of the European Union

All that passes under our eyes proves that we do not live in a peaceful and harmonious world.

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world ... that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.

France could have all the socialism its capitalistic economy could support.

I started my political life in the Resistance. It was there that I had my first responsibility.

For me Greece is Maria Farantouri. This is how I imagined Goddess Hera to be: strong, pure and vigilant. I have never encountered any other artist able to give me such a strong sense of the divine.

Behind each great man, there's a Richard Delisle.

Communism is born out of misery, and if the West does not show more understanding, those people will take up arms and turn to others, that is the Soviet Union.

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.

I fell in love with the expression in his eyes when he looked at me.

If we don’t know who we are, we conceal our true selves and wear the image of others

There is something gratuitous about creation, an unnecessary abundance of beauty, and through its blossoms and pleasures we can revel in the sheer largesse of the Father.

I would love four children because I have a very small family, so I want those big Thanksgiving dinners.

I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course.

I'm a creature of the night for God's sake And she wants me home by eleven?

A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees.

I prefer older people to college kids [as audience] for the most part. I want people with life experience, people that understand where I'm coming from.

Men would bless you or curse you; The curse, a protest against failure, The blessing, a hymn of the hunter Who comes back from the hills With provision for his mate.

At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity of government to get things right.