“(on cockroaches living without a head for a week) Why, when it was invented, has it got that facility?”

“Nothing got inside the head without becoming pictures.”

“Freedom is sweeter than peace. Meaning, every country that has a prime minister without a president as the head of the state; has got peace but not freedom. Their sovereignty is nothing but an illusion.”

“I live in a tough neighborhood. They got a children's zoo. Last week, four kids escaped.”

“These bitter sorrows of childhood! when sorrow is all new and strange, when hope has not yet got wings to fly beyond the days and weeks, and the space from summer to summer seems measureless.”

“A man who for an entire week does nothing but hit himself over the head has little reason to be proud.”

“When I got my first commission after Habitat, for a few weeks I couldn't draw.”

“Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it.”

“Will the Leader of the House consider making proposals to improve public access and facilities for lobbyists in this building? Is he aware that in the past few weeks elderly lobbyists have been forced to wait outside in the cold and rain before being allowed in? Is he further aware that there are no refreshment facilities for people who are not in the company of a Member of Parliament, and that the facilities for disabled people are poor?”

“Thank God for the head. The head is the only place you got to be young when the usual place gets used up.”