Flattery is so necessary to us that we flatter one another just to be flattered in return.

What a rope of sand we are without a leader.

Does one ever see any ghost that is not oneself?

Even a fool can deceive a man - if he be a bigger fool than himself.

It is more difficult ... to rule the King's favorites than for the favorites to rule the King.

I think sometimes - do not we all? - that perhaps the present year is my last year and that all my busyness is foolish.

If you don't know history, you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree.

It takes ten good decisions to make up for one disastrous one. This is why it is better not to make nine good decisions than to make one bad one—which is what happens most of the time.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Innovation simply isn't as unpredictable as many people think. There isn't a cookbook yet, but we're getting there.

I'm the least racist person. Friends of mine that happen to be African-American said: "You're the least racist person we've ever met". Give me a break!

My aim is to make the viewer become aware of his or her responsibility in what he or she is looking at.

Both salvation and punishment for man lie in the fact that if he lives wrongly he can befog himself so as not to see the misery of his position.

I plan on having parties when I’m 30. I plan on having fun when I’m old. Any notion of THE BEST years comes from clichéd ‘should haves ‘if I’d’ ‘wish I’d’

AT&T to wed T-Mobile. Following the ceremony there will be no reception.

I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children.