Newton's apple and Cezanne's apple are discoveries more closely related than they seem.

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

The jester is brother to the sage.

One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up.

The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

The story of the Khazar Empire, as it slowly emerges from the past, begins to look like the most cruel hoax which history has ever perpetrated.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

In any language it is a struggle to make a sentence say exactly what you mean.

I believe that the evidence for telepathy is overwhelming and that it is a part of reality that is above science. Science allows us to glimpse [only] fragments of reality.

And you can shove your apology. If it can come out of your damned mouth, then you can stand by it.

Patience is only possible within the time we are able to be patient.

But sometimes you don’t know what you’re looking for until it’s already knocked you flat on your back.

America wants its respect.

Growing up eating fruits and vegetables fresh from our farm added a lot to the way I taste and look at food today, and I wanted the same for my kids and other kids.

My dad was the first one who said, 'You're going to end up behind the plate because you've got a very good arm and you're very smart when it comes to calling a game.'

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

I can't see America any other way than with a European's eyes. It fascinates me and terrifies me at the same time.

I usually think in terms of music

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.