Given the level of understanding and the fact that they believed already in a set of myths and superstitions, it was the easiest and fastest way to proceed.

Humanity's greatest achievement will come when the happiness of some will no longer be the sadness of others.

You are in good shape for a dead man.

This is not just "our" world.

If you are resolute to go, I will not stop you. But I hope I’m making the right decision.

Men are creatures of invention and are usually determined not to accept no for an answer.

Dying on your own terms, this is the greatest gift anyone can bestow upon a mortal man.

Wars are indeed fought by children, by young people who have little to say in where they are sent to die.

It is difficult to restrain admirers of Shakespeare once they have begun to speak of him.

The art of art the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity: nothing is better than simplicity.

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

One of the smartest things a person can do is dampen investment expectations, especially with Berkshire. That would be mature and responsible. I like our model and we should do nicely

I've always had the dream of going to New Zealand and meeting a lovely New Zealander in a bar.

I remember flying with Air India to New York quite a few years ago now and I love Indian food, so the fact that I had a curry on board was fantastic.

Without a good cultural policy, without adequate help, we will always have individualists, shooting stars who are rapidly forgotten or who stop painting for a more profitable occupation.

And it was under Wilson that the first great propaganda slogan was coined and emblazoned everywhere, to make Americans start thinking favorably of democracies and forget that we had a republic.

Putting women's traditional needs at the center of social planning is not reverse sexism. It's the best way to reverse the increasing economic vulnerability of men and women alike.