One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

Kill one man, and you are murderer.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

To be adult is to be alone.

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

Give people the chance to change their heart.

Sometimes, lies were the same things as wishes. Sometimes, wishes were things to hate.

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly." ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist.

Fall for me, Aimee. I’ll catch you. Let go, baby.

So until we meet again, I am thinking of you always; I love you; I wish you were here...in my arms.

Charisma is a sign of the calling. Saints and pilgrims are defiantly moved by it.

Power rests on the kind of knowledge one holds. What is the sense of knowing things that are useless?

A healthy sweat comes from being passionate and throwing yourself into your workout. And again, it's achieving that intensity. I always like to say 'It's not how long, it's how strong'.

The question is not what was different about Bathsheba. The difference was what had become different about David.

I am a critic - as essential to the theatre as ants to a picnic.