Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.

Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year?

I hate being moved. I hate that man who came in. So self-righteous, so cruel. He made fun of me, that's why I cried. You never did that. You led me into temptation by your - politeness.

I am convinced that it is of primordial importance to learn more every year than the year before. After all, what is education but a process by which a person begins to learn how to learn.

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.