Ten minutes of deep relaxation five times a day would change anyone's life, whether or not he or she suffered from colitis.

Rights’ are ‘privileges, ’ and if I am arrogant enough to demand the former without respecting the latter I will lose both.

Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.

I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.

I wish I had that carefree lifestyle. But I guess I'm more private, and more inside.

I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks as well, stand in no further need of my services.

One day people will look back with amazement that we ever sought to grow our food with poisons.

I have a tendency to kick it up. I like to rattle the cage.

The French debt will remain massive. Savings should be made with cuts to the generous social system, which grants illegal immigrants the same protections as it does our citizens.

A poem should improve on the blank page.

How Time doth lash us with sharp pains, Set loose our teeth, snatch wisps of hair, dim eyes -- And finally bend our backs toward earth To find the fittest place for burial.