The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and oppressing others.

Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities.

The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and oppressing others.

Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.

I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.

You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature.

From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament... the dream implied taking life ritually as something holy.

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope.

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die.

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Psychoanalysts are not occupied with the minds of their patients; they do not believe in the mind but in a cerebral intestine.

When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.

One can repent even of having repented.

Taste begins when appetite is satisfied.

Guilt is also a way for us to express to others that we are a person of good conscience.

I don't believe very much in corporate offices. I believe in leaders who are with their customers and their people.

If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be thoughtfulness.

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth.

Best friends understand when you say forget it. Wait forever when you say just a minute. Stay when you say leave me alone. And open the door before you can say come in.

On the surface, 'Book of Mormon' is extremely irreverent, but underneath, there's a great sweetness and a very positive message.

The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy.

I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform.

Historically, the pull towards the center in European politics has been incredibly powerful. From Italy to Germany, it has been almost impossible for non-centrist forces to obtain real influence.

I have lots of favourite memories but I can't say that I have a favourite film.

I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it.

Raising the minimum wage represents a substantial financial burden for employers, particularly start-ups, early stage companies, and family-owned businesses. In response, business owners would be forced to either lay off workers or raise prices to offset the rise in labor costs.

I've missed a lot of trains in my life, and another one always comes.

Just when I think I hate fashion, I hate clothes, I'm seized by this crazy thing that I have to do. I have this little studio now where I just draw. I can be in the room for three days and not even look up.

In these troubled times we live in, we should remain vigilant and see through populist arguments.

Leadership experts and the public alike extol the virtues of transformational leaders - those who set out bold objectives and take risks to change the world. We tend to downplay 'transactional' leaders, whose goals are more modest, as mere managers.

A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor, the rapist instead of the raped, the murderer instead of the murdered.

The short-term vision is: I research on something which I can use tomorrow, and for some politicians it is even better if it's today. But if you do this, you can only do targeted research. If you only do targeted research, you lose the side-routes.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another What You too I thought I was the only one

Motherhood All love begins and ends there.

Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to straight woman, addict mother to newborn baby, they all fall down and someday it will come to you.

Both sides of the aisle - Republican and Democrat - have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone's got to.

I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.