It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.

To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him...two.

A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother.

A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.

He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

What the hell am I doing...? Escape holding myself as a hostage...? I won't be able to make it like that...

Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.

If people don't like it [my music] now, they will.

I am so in love with just lying in bed listening to Mozart.

Self-assurance doesn't come from looking perfect and having a great title, but from accepting yourself with all you mistakes and eccentricities.

Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.

He who is punished is never he who performed the deed. He is always the scapegoat.

I do not, like the Fundamentalists, believe that creation stopped six thousand years ago after a week of hard work. Creation is going on all the time.

We have to face the fact that most men and women out there are more stale than they know, more bored than they care to admit.

We have to shine a bright light on horrific moments in society if we're going to create a better world for our children.