I know what I want, and where to go.

The United Nations is useless...and also harmful. It is a land that flowers demagoguery with a bunch of newborn countries, devoid of any tradition.

Teach your children to work, teach your daughters modesty, teach all the virtue of economy. And if not make them saints, at least make them Christians.

State is the nation socially organized.

In politics, what appears is.

I have the grace of providence to be poor.

Who is not patriotic can not be considered Portuguese.

The day I leave the power, inside my pockets will only be dust.

You never know what’s going to be in the garden in June when you’re looking at it in January.

We've eaten, but he looks hungry, and experience tells me that crazy takes a lot of calories to sustain.

A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote.

Lionel Messi? When I played against him at Sevilla it was always very difficult, so now I'm pleased that we're on the same side. He's just fantastic.

When you're on a submarine you're usually underwater for months at a time, and you don't get to Skype or make phone calls. When you get messages, they're maybe two sentences. They're very short.

Frost in January minus 20 for a week. Dead birds frozen on the branch—they fall with the first thaw like ripe fruit—death-ripened. We shall all end like them—just a stain in the snow.

This is a lesson I continue to learn: Be content where you are!

Human beings remain constant in their methods of conduct.

I am a man now. Pass your hand over my brow. You can feel the place where the brains grow.

Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect. That would be the revelation of love. If you have a question of whether this is love, think about the effect.