Were the Inhabitants of Italy charming as their Country, all other Regions would be depopulated I think.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

Every great accomplishments requires great grace and great enthusiasm.

I would love God even if he damned me, because he was so gracious to others.

I am best described as just a guy with a very large bump of curiosity and a gambling instinct.

I don't think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that way, and maybe I believed them a little.

I begin to see an object when I cease to understand it.

Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace.

If the aim of physical theories is to explain experimental laws, theoretical physics is not an autonomous science; it is subordinate to metaphysics.

I felt sorry for Senzo Meyiwa family and for the people of South Africa because it's a shame we lost such a huge talent. In all the games he had played I think he didn't concede any goal.

When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.

Ideally the point of music is community, not the player. Musicians are simply channels to link the audience to the music and to each other.