If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

Do not pay attention to what the people around you are thinking and saying

I felt so alone on that train... a weird, unnatural kind of alone that bore into me. It was feeling just beyond fear and somewhere to the left of sadness.

And there was a beautiful view, But nobody could see.'Cause everyone in the Island was saiyng, Look at me! Look at me!

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?

What this [presidency] campaign is about this bringing millions of people jobs in this country.

I really like Jeff Lewis and 'Flipping Out' and 'Interior Therapy.' I don't know why I'm obsessed with American real estate and renovation.

Real intimacy depends on truth - lovingly told - especially in the bedroom.

I might have it at six-fifteen a.m. just as soon as I get in, but usually it's about eleven o'clock when I'll have a glass of sherry.

I love the intimacy of making movies. The focus is deeper and much more intense than musical theatre.

If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it.