As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.

Even if surrounded with explanations, Auschwitz can never be grasped.

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.

And when the sun goes down and the mood comes upon me, I'll watch the play of the colors on the water, yield to the fleetly dissolving images, and turn into pure feeling, all soft and nice.

Art is uncompromising, and life is full of compromises.

How easily the routine of sin establishes itself.

An empty bus hurtles through the starry night Perhaps the driver is singing and happy because he sings.

Who can deny that the environment has been destroyed?

On sorrow floats laughter.

You worry about hurting me, but you never seem to worry about me hurting you. And I’m the one with the killer touch.

It would be difficult to convince me that leaning has no effect whatsoever on the outcome of my bowling.

Who was he if not destined for fame?

I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more.

It must not be forgotten that it is especially dangerous to enslave men in the minor details of life.

He who wrongs the innocent must bear the fruit of his act, like dust flung against the wind.

Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope to reclaim them.

A lot of the things that Trump needs to do to be a popular president requires annoying his biggest fans.

The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out of a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which, a good thing may pass over unobserved, or lost among commissions of bankrupt.

I believe everyone here has a right to speak out on politics as effectively as possible.