"Democracy acknowledges the right to differ as well as the duty to settle differences peacefully. Authoritarian governments see criticism of their actions and doctrines as a challenge to combat."

“A good thing never ends.”

Source : "Keeping up with the Stones" by Lindesay Irvine, www.theguardian.com. August 22, 2005.

“I'm not capable of having an affair. You can ask my wife. I'm not physically capable.”

“What is virtue? Reason in practice.”

“Brian was the oldest, I was in the middle and Carl was the baby. I was the troublemaker. Brian got great grades and Carl got the kind of grades I did. I failed everything. I was too busy fighting and running wild.”

“When I was younger, I used humour as a tool to avoid getting too serious with people - if there was deep emotional stuff going on, then I would crack a joke to defuse the situation.”

“Knowledge is Power. Ignorance is Bliss. But curiosity—even if it had killed the cat—is king.”

“Where there is laughter there is always more health than sickness.”

Source : Phyllis Bottome (1943). “Survival”, Boston : Little, Brown

“Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.”

Source : "Paolo Sorrentino Explains How ‘The Great Beauty’ Is About More Than Italy’s Weary Upper Class" by Eric Kohn, www.indiewire.com. November 14, 2013.