Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought, revolution in our hearts.

Know how to live the time that is given you.

We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression.

With comedy I can search for the profound.

A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.

And he that will go to bed sober, Falls with the leaf still in October.

Every time you touch those who have power over the media, they seek to stop you.

Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible.

Scandals are the fertilizer of Western democracy.

It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.

When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.

Everyone dies. It is how one lives that matters.

Anything that had happened once on Earth should be expected millions of times elsewhere in the Universe

But each time you use spirit, you're more likely to go crazy.”“Already crazy about you, Sage.

But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.

Don't try to blame the rest of the world. The blame only lies with you. Recognize that immediately.

I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.'

I do not paint nature. I am nature.

In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government.

Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.'

Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.