Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.

To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him...two.

A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother.

A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.

He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.

Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives

You're gonna sit down. You're gonna shut up. And by the grace of God Almighty, I ain't gonna kill you.

The real end winner of NAFTA is going to be Mexico because we have the human capital. We have that resource that is vital to the success of the U.S. economy.

I feel a great sense of pride and joy knowing that I played a part in bringing into the world more beauty and excitement.

God comes first. Paradise is not cheap.

I don't do normal. I have a reputation to uphold. (Thwonk)

Doors are going to open-doors you can't even imagine exist.

I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal.

Although emotionally delicate and eminently bruisable, teenagers are short on empathy. That comes later in life, if it comes at all.

I'm more prone to anarchy than I am to control - even though I'm a film director.