Chanel, General De Gaulle and Picasso are the three most important figures of our time.

What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.

The twenty-first century will be spiritual or it will not be.

I don't argue with my enemies; I explain to their children.

There's no such thing as a grown up person.

In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

There are only two moments when everything is possible in this life, " said Petrus, "when one drinks, and when one makes up stories.

Every living creature on the earth is special. You want to be the one that puts an end to one of them?

I seem to have an awful lot of people inside me.

Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind.

You'd know if I was the de-facto leader of the Democratic Party, because you'd go down to Walgreen's and buy a pack of blunts.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

Nothing hurts if you don't let it.

I'm big in Russia, but no one's quite sure why.

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God

The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly.