Alas, you don't need monsters for monstrous deeds to be accomplished.

You judge a society by the decency of living of the weakest

Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.

Unlike 'real relationships', 'virtual relationships' are easy to enter and to exit. They look smart and clean, feel easy to use, when compared with the heavy, slow-moving, messy real stuff.

Questioning the ostensibly unquestionable premises of our way of life is arguably the most urgent of services we owe our fellow humans and ourselves.

For one to be free there must be at least two.

You are a stranger, I am a stranger, we all remain strangers, and nevertheless we can like or even love each other.

The rationality of the ruled is always the weapon of the rulers.

We belong to talking, not what talking is about... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion.

The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of.

The value of other people is that they have something unique to offer.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it." -- William Styron (born June 11 1925)

There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers.

Democracy is now currently defined in Europe as a 'country run by Jews,'

Storms purify the atmosphere.

I looked at my reflection in the rearview mirror. Some lipstick would go with this truck, I thought.

Well I've written four beauty books as well.

Don't be afraid and don't let the past affect your present.

A lot of my mates are actors and it's lovely to be able to work with friends.

People generally let me be me. People are aware that I'm not someone particularly begging for attention. They hold back a bit with me.