The ear has to be educated if one wishes to appreciate musical sounds, just as the eyes must learn to distinguish the value of words.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.

You always get exaggerated notions of things you don't know anything about.

I can't date women my own age any more - I hate going to cemeteries.

I can see the humor in just about any situation. After I lost my dad, I realized that none of us should take things too seriously, because everything except death works itself out.

A lot of that worked itself out in the recording.

Tact is for people with too much damned time on their hands.

We should have a banquet on the day haters die.

Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.

Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul.