The contradictory remarks of politicians are forgotten; the more asinine predictions of pundits are buried with mercy.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

Khomeini has offered us the opportunity to regain our frail religion ... faith in the power of words.

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.

Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.

America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind.

I was thinking that surgeons had to be the happiest people on earth. To cut people up and get paid for it-that's happiness, I told myself.

Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means living on the edge more than we care to.

Reaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer.

A rose is not its thorns, a peach is not its fuzz and a human being is not his or her crankiness.

There is no data on the future.

You women listen more to your heart and less to all the nonsense. That's why you live longer.

We're not going to pierce everything that we have and paint our faces trying to get a different market. We'll grow with our audience. We're just going to keep doing what we do.

Hillary Clinton, all talk. Unfortunately when there is action it's always the wrong decision.

The Middle East is America's 'champagne room'. No matter how much you spend, you will still never get what you want.

Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the institutionalised medium of reason, that's all we have between us and the tyranny of mere will and the cruelty of unbridled, undisciplined feelings.

I have always believed and promoted the fact that education and access to the knowledge society involves lifelong learning.

You can only have lasting peace based on justice.

I still need practice in enjoying the fruits of success.