What counts in the end is what the government does.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

There is always some chance of recession in any year. But the evidence suggests that expansions don't die of old age.

I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.

Ancestral habits of mind can be constricting; they also confer one's individuality.

There are so many interpretations that this film [The Lobster] could be approached from. But Yorgos [Lanthimos] is so specifically minded, he's so clinical in his direction of the film.

When the U.S. government stops wasting our resources by trying to maintain the price of gold, its price will sink to...$6 an ounce rather than the current $35 an ounce.

Justice must not only be seen to be done but has to be seen to be believed.

Publishers are all cohorts of the devil; there must be a special hell for them somewhere.

The protection of our liberties does not ultimately depend on parliaments or even the courts. It depends on the love of the people for liberty.

An ingenious mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.