I had no goals, no ambitions. That left me free to wander and amuse myself.

One is never wounded by the love one gives, only by the love one expects.

The slope contains many wonders not found at the summit.

Philosophers console themselves with explanations.

The search for first causes is the ultimate wild goose chase.

When you separate thought from life, you get philosophy.

Logical positivism is philosophy from the neck up.

The questions philosophers ask are not so much meaningless as irrelevant.

No explanation is ever as good as not having one.

The truth is what you live through while you're looking for the truth.

Never confuse a hunger for knowledge with a thirst for truth.

The major factor that makes a great leader to fail emerge from the decision of people who surround him/her.

Laziness - The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.

My real father was a portrait painter. I went to a lot of auctions as a kid and galleries.

Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.

I'm deeply concerned. And I think, in many ways, the Trump presidency poses a clear and present danger to our country and to the world.

A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right.

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.

I've never had an affair with somebody who wasn't at the same time a very good friend of mine, if you see what I mean.

That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood.

Every bullet has its billet.