Leave me in peace, everybody takes dope.

To prepare for a race there is nothing better than a good pheasant, some champagne and a woman.

You'd have to be an imbecile or hypocrite to imagine that a professional cyclist who rides 235 days a year can hold himself together without stimulants.

There are no races. Only lotteries.

You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water.

It was eleven more than neccessary.

Everything you do, do with great love.Make it a song of your soul, and beauty of your heart.

He'd been ten years old when he'd last begged someone for something, and he'd promised himself he'd never do it again, but this was too important.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

To think that Donald Trump could have his finger over the big red button is absolutely terrifying.

And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that.

The library is what keeps us a step ahead of the apes.

In the industrial nations, there's a sense that Africa would go under without development aid. But believe me, Africa existed before you Europeans came along. And we didn't do all that poorly either.

There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.

... love always betrays its intentions.

Criticism is the best sign you're onto something.