It's good to be contented but it's better to strive harder.

The missing aren't missing, they're only departed

When you have paid the price, earned the right, and done the homework to be called an expert, people perceive you differently.

Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fin

Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance.

The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements.

The fascinating thing about food is that if you have issues with it, you have to face it every single day.

It's true that the question of Iraq divided Europe.

I feel as though I would be delighted to come back into working in the film world, and working in the theater world again. I'm just gonna see what happens.

The willingness to share does not make one charitable; it makes one free.

Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs.