We belong to talking, not what talking is about... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion.

You judge a society by the decency of living of the weakest

Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.

Unlike 'real relationships', 'virtual relationships' are easy to enter and to exit. They look smart and clean, feel easy to use, when compared with the heavy, slow-moving, messy real stuff.

Questioning the ostensibly unquestionable premises of our way of life is arguably the most urgent of services we owe our fellow humans and ourselves.

For one to be free there must be at least two.

You are a stranger, I am a stranger, we all remain strangers, and nevertheless we can like or even love each other.

The rationality of the ruled is always the weapon of the rulers.

The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of.

The value of other people is that they have something unique to offer.

The planet is full and we will be rubbing shoulders forever. There is nowhere else to go.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

I read for pleasure and to acquire knowledge.

And it was sad music fit to make you cut your throat.

The dark clouds make the black sea. (Les nuages noirs - Font la mer noire)

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.

To eat well, I always disagree with critics who say that all restaurants should be fine dining. You can get a Michelin star if you serve the best hamburger in the world.

We sue each other too much and care for each other too little.

There are certain prehistoric things that swim beyond extinction.

Each material is only what we make it.

Don’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.