Nothing can come of nothing. There is no room in my world for nothing.

One is never wounded by the love one gives, only by the love one expects.

The slope contains many wonders not found at the summit.

Philosophers console themselves with explanations.

The search for first causes is the ultimate wild goose chase.

When you separate thought from life, you get philosophy.

Logical positivism is philosophy from the neck up.

The questions philosophers ask are not so much meaningless as irrelevant.

No explanation is ever as good as not having one.

The truth is what you live through while you're looking for the truth.

Never confuse a hunger for knowledge with a thirst for truth.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

I'm not really worried about the other 31 teams.

This book is to be read in bed.

The chicken that we eat is chock-full of feminine hormones. So, when men eat these chickens, they deviate from themselves as men.

The European Union has decades of experience in overcoming crises and has always emerged stronger after.

I won't patronize you by saying I know how you feel-every tragedy is different, and personal.

Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burn brightest, old linen wash whitest? Old soldiers, sweethearts, are surest, and old lovers are soundest.

People have said that to me: They say I have a TV face.

It's not instant composing; it's not following any kind of a formula. All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it.

There are people who would love to spend their last ten years, or five years, or whatever it is, on the surface of Mars.