There are men who talk of women and others who talk to them. I don’t talk of them, I prefer talking to them

The factories were heavily bombed, but practically the construction work had been redone very quickly.

Italy in the first years got food, for the first year or the first periods got food. Then we got raw materials and then we got tool machines, let's say, instruments for working.

Now is the time to show maximum responsibility. It is not the time to pay off old scores nor for sterile partisan recriminations. It is time to re-establish a climate of calmness and mutual respect.

A good gardener looks at every plant every day.

I always prefer the big laugh. That is always the objective, especially with a film like Scary Movie 2

If you're going to do something, do it with gusto. Don't do anything half-heartedly. That dishonors the doing and the doer. So go for it. Hold nothing back. In life. Or love. Or anything at all!

You've got to work with your mistakes until they look intended. Understand?

Weep like the waterwheel, that green herbs may spring up from the courtyard of your soul. If you wish for tears, have mercy on one who sheds tears; if you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.

If you're going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons.

I usually draw in silence, but listen to music or public radio when I'm painting, after all the important decisions have been made.

The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity.

We can not underestimate the potential harm North Korea's capabilities can cause for the rest of the world.