True monsters are not those lurking under the bed, but the ones sleeping in it.

Your impact on others is the only proof of your existence

There is no labor from which most people shrink as they do from that sustained and consecutive thought. It is the hardest work in the world.

The Euro is a conquest of sovereignty. It gives us a margin of manoeuvre. Its a tool to help us master globalisation and help us resist irrational shifts in the market.

Look at me! I'm sweet and lovable!

There's the devil to pay.

With comedy, a lot of people develop their sense of humor as a defense mechanism.

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.

The best I do, if I'm just playing around and riffing in a fantasy world, and then I'll write something down. Hopefully I write it down.

My massage was marvellous. I feel really relaxed. And my masseur, Harold :You can't have a masseur called Harold. It's like having a member of the Royal Family called Ena.

I did not think; I experimented.

Having defeated and then occupied Iraq, democratizing the country should not be too tall an order for the world's sole superpower.