-
“Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.”
-
“Fernand Point's philosophy instilled what cuisine is all about: generosity and hugeness of heart.”
-
“Moving to Australia was not a career move, but a quality of life issue. It has no guns, no God, and no gangster rap. As an Ethiopian cab driver said to me the other day when I was returning from a gig in Sydney, Australia is a peaceful, democratic place. I like the relatively stress free lifestyle. It's worth the drop in income.”
-
“Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.”
-
“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.”
Source : "'We Have to Work Harder to Explain Why Trade Matters'". Speech to the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise by WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, www.wto.org. October 21, 2016. 
-
“A hypocritical etiquette forces us to pretend that the Jews are powerless victims; and if you don't respect their victimhood, they'll destroy you.”
-
“I have made a sculpture … you will never be finished with it – when you pass around it or see it against the sky… something new goes on all the time… together with the sun, the light and the clouds, it makes a living thing.”
Source : Jørn Utzon, Christian Norberg-Schulz (1980). “Sydney Opera House: Sydney, Australia, 1957-73”
-
“Americans also seem to believe that the monarchy is a kind of mediaeval hangover, encumbered by premodern notions of decorum; the reality is that the British monarchy, for good or ill, is a modern political institution perhaps the first modern political institution.”
