"Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife she has thought much worse things about you."

"It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of."

"One kills a man, one is an assassin one kills millions, one is a conqueror one kills everybody, one is a god."

"A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it."

"In terms of the creative side of it, it's really been a thing where you come up with the funny stuff is usually at a bar or out talking to people or whatever."

"It is a enduring truth that an idea is a delicate seed; water it with curiosity and protect it from cynicism — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"On the one hand, the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit, which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics."

"I think the institution of marriage is a great idea, but for me it's just an idea."