Albertus [Magnus] ... debased the doctrine of Aristotle with the itch of the chemists flowing with the bloody flux of quicksilver and the stench of sulphur.

With true beauty, there is no illusion.

Sometimes it's right to do the wrong thing.

It's a tradition to drink rakia with snacks. Not like the Russians, you know, who just drink to get drunk. I like a little snack with the news.

The art of reading is to skip judiciously.

The price for men in motion is the occasional collision.

Alliance does not mean love, any more than war means hate

The back of Saint Peter's is one of the finest pieces of architecture I've ever seen.

There is no community service in Seinfeld. But rather than lauding that, I think it shows the insane banality of it.