A twinge of conscience is a glimpse of God.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

A country so rich that it can send people to the moon still has hundreds of thousands of its citizens who can't read. That's terribly troubling to me.

The combined results of several people working together is often much more effective than could be that of an individual scientist working alone.

We may all host ourselves to death, and if we're all dead who will host our funerals?

What we're already doing is communism. The first step we have to make is to realize that we're already closer to it than we think.

I'm sure men have their own ways of trying to demean one another, but women can be very gossipy and judgmental, and that doesn't help.

There is no inherent virtue to instantaneity.

Take off your armor; dare to be vulnerable, dare to unwrap yourself, and dare yourself to be yourself.

By concentrating our attention on the effect rather than the causes, we can avoid the laborious, nearly impossible task of trying to detect and deflect the many psychological influences on liking.

You're going to be accused of every high crime and low misdemeanor there is.

You must put your head into the lion's mouth if the performance is to be a success.