If history teaches us one thing, than that history teaches us nothing.

The great thing about history is that it is adaptable.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see why people have to write them.

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 point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.

Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.