I love Americans, but not when they try to talk French. What a blessing it is that they never try to talk English.

It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.

Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things.

He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in the fact that though it is not true it has been found necessary to invent it.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own ends.

Poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up.

You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

While he wanted to teach me what he knew, I wanted him to see what it all looked like for me—perhaps love is a process of finding a common vision of reality.

When we ask God to transform those who oppose us, we are also asking God to transform us.

My mother enjoyed few things more than investing in the underdogs and showing them that they were special and could achieve their dreams.

In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

One of the ceaseless wonders of the world: The power of a smile.

Ultimately I want my metal in a bar and not an art gallery.

I have a simple taste, only the best.

She was the only creature in the world who would really care if something happened to me, even if it was only because I was the bringer of kibble.

It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments.