A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.

I have often been asked to be fair and view a matter from all sides. I did so, hoping that something might improve if I viewed allsides of it. But the result was the same. So I went back to viewing things only from one side, which saves me a lot of work and disappointment. For it is comforting to regard something as bad and to be able to use one's prejudice as an excuse.

Humanity and bestiality: when will the former finally be uttered with the flavor of hate and the latter with the flavor of love? Does a lion tear his fellow lion to pieces?

A historian is not always a prophet facing backwards, but a journalist is always someone who afterwards knew everything beforehand.

How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then believe what they read.

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own.