He looked at her as a man might look at a faded flower he had plucked, in which it was difficult for him to trace the beauty that had made him pick and so destroy it

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.

He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.

I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.

Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!

Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.

Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.

They ought to find out how to vaccinate for love, like smallpox.

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

it's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.

Anything is better than lies and deceit!

Exactitude is not truth.

Judges should decide legal disputes. Judges should not make law.

Charley: He won't starve. None a them starve. Forget about him. Willy: Then what have I got to remember?

In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.

Bass is for people who can't play guitar

The total amount of money that Wall Street handed out in bonuses last year was double the total income of ALL full-time minimum wage workers. That's obscene.

I'm about being funny. If I can make a joke using profanity, I will. But for the most part, that can get awfully old and boring.

Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot.

Fame now wears the halo that once crowned holiness.

The center holds; passion falls away. That is what happened ideologically in Western Europe over recent years.