We are not here to laugh.

We are not here to laugh.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Always choose the hardest way on it you will not find opponents.

Deliberation is a function of the many action is the function of one.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first nationalism when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.

Since a politician never believes what he says he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself.

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

What writing does is to reveal.

I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way.

I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.

The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.

Making food is a wonderful way to spend a Friday night.

The public relies on the advice of doctors and leading researchers. The public has a right to know about financial relationships between those doctors and the drug companies who make the pharmaceuticals prescribed by doctors.

People in love often become edgy dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective.

In this job, you accept criticism and give answers on the field.

That is basically me, and although I have done many things in my life - conducting, playing piano, and so on - what is fundamental is my being a composer.

When I made 'Hard Boiled,' I had no idea that it would be released to an international audience. I just wanted to make a film to team up my two favorite actors, Tony Leung and Chow Yun-Fat.

Women hold all the power. They should use it like a whip not offer it up like a sacrifice.

The thing that I think a lot of guys need to know how to do is not take your mother's advice about honesty being the best policy. Listen to your cool, drunk uncle who tells you to lie. Those are the relationships that last.

Life doesn't always end up with a bow wrapped around it.

What health is to the body even that is honesty to the soul. Develop your spirit that it may gain strength to control the body and follow the natural laws of nutrition and hygiene.

Seeing your work in print is exciting, especially when you're young. It's that feeling that you have some effect on the world outside of your immediate neighbourhood.

I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way.

'Midnight Nation' is really interesting.

It's amazing how easy the truth is to accept...No matter how strange.

Science shouldn't be just for scientists, and there are encouraging signs that it is becoming more pervasive in culture and the media.

I just want to listen and build relationships with as many of my colleagues as possible.

This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

To know Jesus Christ, you must first understand his supernatural identity. He is God.

The oil under Libya is the champagne of oil, drop for drop the world's most valuable.