The world exists to let Man philosophize.

God is a philosophical black hole-the point where reason breaks down.

The angel within me thrives on the devil within me.

The final discovery is the discovery of knowledge.

The world is truly beautiful solely in the eyes of a true philosopher.

If knowledge is my God, doubt would be my religion.

It is human to search for the theory of everything and it is superhuman to find it.

Certainty is the most vivid condition of ignorance and the most necessay condition for knowledge.

The meaning of life is 'the ultimate questioner's vanity.'

Professionalism is nothing but a crude insistance on the mechanization of mankind.

The stem of greatness sprouts from the seed of sacrifice.

Hope is faith of a glad heart.

Perfection is a lie, and lying to others is explicable but lying to oneself is the highest form of deceit.

If you sit by the wayside waiting for Success, your knees will be too stiff to follow her when she passes.

I loved the travel but I didn't love the work. I mean, come on, modelling is only so stimulating!

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

Being proud and being nationalistic are, for me, completely different things.

Matter of fact, the way we got a path, a great friend, Arlen Specter, I convinced him to switch parties. Not a joke. Not a joke. He was the deciding vote.

When I was 17, I came to the U.S. to study Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University.

The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.

I'm jackin' off reading Playboy on a hot afternoon, I'm a three time loser.