An unsatisfied woman requires luxury, but a woman who is in love with a man will lie on a board.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

Narrow the focus, take the ascent one step at a time, and it's amazing what odds a man can beat.

Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.

The beast faith lives on its own dung.

It's not how smart you are that matters, what really counts is how you are smart.

Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. I don't think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is.

Every intellectual effort sets us apart from the commonplace, and leads us by hidden and difficult paths to secluded spots where we find ourselves amid unaccustomed thoughts.

If you're an artist, you've got to prove it.

We have to keep up the fight for evidence-based science and policy.

The President is aware of what is going on. That is not to say that something is going on.

I'd like to do voiceovers my whole life. I get to kind of create a character and go in and play.