Laughter... the most civilized music in the world.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition.

I know I really shouldn't be complaining right now,

I stubbed my toe just as someone dropped a book into the inside drop box. As I yelped and howled in pain, a child on the other side said, 'Mommy, I think we hurt the book!

Knowledge is to certain extent a second existence.

The truth is out there somewhere, but the dog needs to be walked.

Perceptions are portraits, not photographs, and their form reveals the artist’s hand every bit as much as it reflects the things portrayed

Being a role model is about being true to myself.

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.

And he's done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures.

Maybe it was mean, but I really don't think so. You asked for the truth and I told you.