There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together.

For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.

History is always written by the victor, and the histories of the losing parties belong to the shrinking circle of those who were there.

I didn't want to look at them, so I looked away, and to look away was to look at Augustus.

Do your homework, study the craft, believe in yourself, and out-work everyone.

Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.

Academic disciplines are subject to being overtaken by attacks of "knowingness"- a state of mind and soul that prevents shudders of awe and makes one immune to enthusiasm.

Electronic music right now is in its comfort zone, and it's not moving one inch.

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions