When France sneezes, all of Europe catches cold.

In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age.

The word 'freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word 'order.' Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.

The events which can not be prevented, must be directed.

When Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold.

Ten million ignorances do not constitute one knowledge.

I came into the world either too early or too late; at present, I am good for nothing.

Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.

The obvious is always least understood.

It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

How could you be sad, when you can sing?

They kissed in the middle of the sidewalk, letting the crowds of people flow around them like water around an island.

People existed, however, who believed that closet racist were everywhere around them. They needed to believe this in order to have prupose and meaning in their lives, and to have someone to hate.

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

Pour me another tequila, I'm going to put on your red satin dress. You put on my clothes.

It's more egalitarian on the Internet - anyone can put anything up. But in terms of the money it takes to allow a band to get good, there's less of it to invest.

A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

Trust arrives on foot but leaves in a Ferrari The Ferrari screeched out of the parking lot in 2008.

It would be a horrible business, a horrible sort of culture if you didn't have the candy pop as well as the real hard-hitting stuff. And I love some pop music.

An aphorism is not an aphorism unless you know what it means.