The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.

As I grow older I find that though I think I'm saying the same things as I always did, people listen to me more.

The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.

Because they have been in love they have survived everything that life could throw at them, even their own failures.

I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins.