I don't think of myself as a rebel; I just say what I think.

Life is too short to be lived badly.

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

All big changes of the world come from words.

Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.

The world is not about Batman and Robin fighting the Joker; things are more complicated than that. And nothing is scarier than the people who try to find easy answers to complicated questions.

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying.

An outree explanation, violating all our preconceptions, would never pass for a true account of a novelty. We should scratch round industriously till we found something less excentric.

To find your self, get lost is the search of knowledge and wisdom.

fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul.

Part of our work as faithful Christians is to learn how to discern when, and by what means, to resist authority.

I feel bad that I don't feel worse.

I think the issue of North Korea is one where the international community as a whole has to work to resolve the crisis.

I don't care to be good, Sheriff. I care to be whole.

The polls are inaccurate in my opinion, based upon anecdotal evidence, based upon people that I know.

Chemistry is a gibberish of Latin and German; but in Leibig's hands it becomes a powerful language.

I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.