Democracy will defeat the economist at every turn on its own genre.

The discovery of printing in the middle of the fifteenth century implied the beginning of a return to a type of civilization dominated by the eye rather than the ear.

The mixture of the oral and the written traditions in the writings of Plato enabled him to dominate the history of the West.

The Middle Ages burned its heretics and the modern age threatens them with atom bombs.

The history of Canada has been profoundly influenced by the habits of an animal which very fittingly occupies a prominent place on her coat of arms.

Industrialism implies technology and the cutting of time into precise fragments suited to the needs of the engineer and the accountant.

We have not yet realized that the Indian and his culture were fundamental to the growth of Canadian institutions.

I've never yet run out of ideas what to write about... only out of time to write it in.

The three most important events of human life are equally devoid of reason: birth, marriage and death.

The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that.

That's when you know a horror film delivers - when you're walking out of the theater going 'Oh my God!' You can't get the images out of your mind.

Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread.

The world grows more enlightened. Knowledge is more equally diffused.

I think the terrorism watch list in the United States went over a million people some years ago.

There were birds in the sky, but I never saw them winging, No I never saw them at all, Until there was you.

I am a great football player. I had my own club when I was 14 years old. Football is in my blood, and I have been a fan of Fulham for the last 30 years.

The job is interesting, and the task is difficult, but the man [Maigret] is just a decent man doing a very ordinary job.