Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.

Women scheme when they are weak, they lie out of fear. Men scheme when they are strong, they lie out of arrogance.

As a general rule, I preferred not to have my soul reaped.

There is no prospect that the United States will say to Israel, 'You do such and such and we'll not support you in your security.

At 19, I was still figuring out how to throw a fastball.

Biblical references about knowledge and good and evil often get tangled up.

Virtually all ideologues, of any variety, are fearful and insecure, which is why they are drawn to ideologies that promise prefabricated answers for all circumstances.

It's an honor to win a Grammy, of course.

I make napkins talk in restaurants, socks talk on car journeys. There is an awful lot of puppetry going on in the house.

Ten percent of life is what happens; the other 90 percent is what you do about it.

Why, who cries out on pride that can therein tax any private party? Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea till the weary very means do ebb?