Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred.
The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they have an allergy to.
French culture is known for many great attributes, some of which probably have nothing to do with food, wine, and romance.
Civilization depends on our expanding ability to produce food efficiently, which has markedly accelerated thanks to science and technology.
I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.
True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.
This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other.
At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed to use it on 'Fox News'.
The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and acknowledged by our people.
'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others.
Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.
The show is a satire, which gives us freedom to do anything we want. Satire is the magic word that wipes away any culpability. The media is jealous of this freedom.
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.
When I was a teenager, my parents made me take a part-time job at the local Black Eyed Pea, which was a home-cooked-food family restaurant.
Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration.
My mother is a tall woman - as is everyone in my family. At her prime, she stood 5 feet 9 inches, which is quite unusual for a woman born in 1922.
We were a very funny family. Humour was the tool with which my brother and I tried to get attention. We were always trying to be the funniest.
