I have no religion,’ says Borneau, ‘but I respect the religion of others. Religion is sacred.’ Why this privilege, this immunity?... A believer creates God in his own image; if he is ugly, his God will be morally ugly. Why should moral ugliness be respectable?

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it.

It is more difficult to be an honorable man for a week than to be a hero for fifteen minutes.

To succeed you must add water to your wine, until there is no more wine.

Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.

I am never bored; to be bored is an insult to one's self.