No form of government matters nearly as much as the spirit and intelligence brought to the administration of any form of government.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.

On a high mountain I stood, And cried the name of Ali, Lion of God.O Ali, Lion of God, King of Men, Bring joy to our sorrowful hearts.

You bend the nailBut keep hammering becauseHammering makes the world

When its back's against the wall, even positivity will come out fighting!

The United Nations is an organizational body where people, through their Governments, come together; and it can be the only place where there can be a melting pot.

I'll be 50 years old tomorrow and that means, among other things, that now Bob Dole can start telling jokes about me.

Boasting, like gilded armour, is very different inside from outside.

Wealth is the Conjurer's Devil, Whom, when he thinks he hath, the Devil hath him.

In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.

Environment protection weighs the same in my life as my professional acting career.

I have decided to end my participation in public affairs and to resign my role as premier of Quebec.