One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

We bestow on others praise in which we do not believe, on condition that in return they bestow upon us praise in which we do.

We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.