Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

Pay attention to the behavior of the most successful people.

What you must do, do cheerfully.

The only bad ideas are the ones never tried.

I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia.

You feel a sense of elation seeing yourself on a billboard.

'Cyberwar' has nothing to do with the destruction brought about by bombs and grenades and so on.

... new EU embassies lack the expertise in the field of culture and given the budget cuts in all Member States it is important to confront this challenge together.

Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than of lust.

I feel like I have things to say. And that's what I'm looking forward to.

I don't like my feet. I'm not crazy about anybody's feet. But I have flat feet.