The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.

God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed.

If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead.

Mystery is the essential element of every work of art.

The Cinema seems to have been invented to express the life of the subconscious, the roots of which penetrate poetry so deeply

I would give my life for a man who is looking for the truth. But I would gladly kill a man who thinks that he has found the truth.

Thank God I'm an atheist.

I can't help feeling that there is no beauty without hope, struggle, and conquest.

Thank God, I am still an atheist.

If someone were to tell me I had twenty years left, and ask me how I'd like to spend them, I'd reply 'Give me two hours a day of activity, and I'll take the other twenty-two in dreams.'

Refuse any image that could have a rational meaning or any memory or culture

Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.

...when an old person dies, a whole library disappears.

Every movement based on the kingdom principles brings a positive turn around

So this is how life was, she thought with a faint smile: It wore you down until you emerged at its wildest, most unexpected ends.

Consciousness is non-local and does not depend on words to communicate.

As though all the world were a bad joke and she was the only one around who knew the punchline.

We all want things we can't have. Being a decent human being is accepting that.

Grasp it all, don't be afraid, enjoy the bits you can and tell your family you love them while you have the chance.

Don't eat anything your great-great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. There are a great many food-like items in the supermarket your ancestors wouldn't recognize as food.. stay away from these

No failure means no risk, which means nothing new