To make the essence of man visible in the exposure is the highest art of photography.

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

Humor is the mask of wisdom.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand

News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.

The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.

Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland.

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.

Now I am a vagabond of the universe, a drifter among spaces where the madness of things has no limits.

A full lifer doesn't commit to anyone until they've committed to her

I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage.

I had A Lover's Quarrel With The World Robert Lee Frost (Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont) Our Darling Eva We Love You.

The best thing about being dead is you no longer have to say 'I wish I were dead.' The best thing about being alive is that you can still say 'I wish I were dead'

As an actor there are no drawbacks.

Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much.

When night hath set her silver lamp high, Then is the time for study.

Death is another life.

It's a great relief for me that no one will ask me anymore: "Orhan, when will you get the Nobel Prize?"