I have decided many a stylistic problem first by my head, then by heads or tails.

The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt.

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.

An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics.

Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse.

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

If you stand on the garbage heap of your mind, your feet will never touch the ground.

Q: What do Jesus and Nicole Brown Simpson have in common? A: They were both killed by the Joooooooose.

I didn't feel sad or happy. I didn't feel proud or ashamed. I only felt that in spite of all the things I'd done wrong, in getting myself here, I'd done right.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

To say that politics is not a part of sports is not being realistic. When I run, I am more than a runner. I am a diplomat, an ambassador for my country.

Let's face it I am not Joan Collins or Boy George.

Revolution is an act of love; we are the children of revolution, born to be rebels. It runs in our blood.

I wash my cars and clean the garage a lot. That's kind of my thing.

If we want to change things, we must first change ourselves. If we want to play - if we want to change the world - we must first show up on the field to score.

I don't think anybody does anything anymore without commenting on why they're doing it or making fun of it as they're doing it.