Democracy can only be measured on the existence of an opposition

Future comes by itself, progress does not.

Art is the ability to separate the significant from the insignificant.

The technician should never forget that he is an artist, the artist never that he is a technician

Being conservative has never been regarded as old-fashioned. But if you fight for a sensible step in the right direction which others has deserted you will be branded "reactionary".

Everything new stalls because there is precedence for the old

Good taste is always bad.

The only thing which separates man from child is all the values he has lost over the years.

The rules are rather simple to understand: Under democracy you can defend any view, but only defend it. You can not try to realise it through power, violence or weapons.

We shall enjoy itAs for him who findsfault, may sillinessand sorrow take him!

A man of pleasure is a man of pains.

And I'm hoping that over the next 20, 50 years, whatever, the mystique of television and film and all that will diminish somewhat, and people will leave us alone to get on with our jobs.

To say that men can be bullheaded would be insulting to the bull.

To define [Canada] or its literature seems like putting a finger on Zeno's arrow: no sooner do you think you have done it than it has moved on.

The first day, in particular, is always one of those weird days because you get ..., you're thrown into this new trailer - here's your wardrobe.

Hey, I always say: if you want a quiet life, become a monk.

Any harm you do to a man should be done in such a way that you need not fear his revenge.

Invite Divine Order into your life today and a more serene tomorrow will unfold.

That’s one of the things books do. They help us talk. But they also give us something we all can talk about when we don’t want to talk about ourselves.