An Italian university is a contradiction in terms.

Democracy is always, by nature and constitution, the triumph of mediocrity.

Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives privileges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. Jackasses remain. Triumphant.

The love of power excludes all others.

You give Italy Jesus Christ and you get the Roman Catholic Church.

Pertini has interpreted as their best the worst about Italians.

Cynics are all moralists, and merciless too.

Which ever one of you will want to become a journalist, let him remember to choose his own master: the reader.

Servitude, in many cases, is not forced upon by the masters, but a temptation of the servants.

Politicians do nothing but ask of us, during every expiration of a legal statute, "a gesture of trust." But here trust is not enough; what's needed is an act of faith.

I know many crooks and they never preach, but I don't know anyone who preaches that isn't a crook also.

What is the purpose of achieving your dream if the people you had dreamed your achievements for are no longer there to reap the benefits?

One thing I've learned is that in the midst of your darkest moments of tribulation, there is no such thing as mass friends.

In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything.

Money coming in says I've made the right marketing decisions.

A refund for defective software might be nice, except it would bankrupt the entire software industry in the first year.

The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas.

Dreams are the result of a million choices, a billion failures, and a few successes.

Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.

I think in the [Bill] Clinton era, if people hadn't been spending vast amounts of time attacking Clinton, they would have found that they had essentially the same problems as they do now.