We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

Kill one man, and you are murderer.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

To be adult is to be alone.

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

Is there anything greater than life?

Chin up princess or the crown slips

Each day was very much like any other day, because they were alone so much that nothing ever disturbed them.

One of the biggest mistakes girls can make concerning their romantic life is sitting around waiting for their prince to find them, rather than getting out there and finding him themselves.

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked not be endured with patient resignation.

True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.

The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them

I know what I did and how I accomplished it. I am proud of it and know that it was done with integrity.

It's like a visual connection between the girl I'm shooting and me, a bunch of triggers. A lot of girls I'll just shoot once or twice, but with certain special ones I'll go a bit further.

You peasant swain! You whoreson malt-horse drudge!