The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake.
It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
Communist regimes were not some unfortunate aberration, some historical deviation from a socialist ideal. They were the ultimate expression, unconstrained by democratic and electoral pressures, of what socialism is all about. . . . In short, the state [is] everything and the individual nothing.
I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.
What we should grasp, however, from the lessons of European history is that, first, there is nothing necessarily benevolent about programmes of European integration; second, the desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom; and third, European unity has been tried before, and the outcome was far from happy.
Play is always voluntary. What might otherwise be play is work if it's forced.
I foresee the day when we shall read nothing but telegrams and prayers.
I owe my life to blood donors. They went out, rolled up a sleeve and gave me another chance at life.
I guess anyone would be nervous to give your life over to someone to make a film about it.