“Traffic was like a bad dog. It wasn't important to look both ways when crossing the street; it was important to not show fear.”

“A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.”

“I know you look both ways before you cross the street, but I want you to look both ways a second time, because I told you to.”

“A good guide will take you through the more important streets more often than he takes you down side streets; a bad guide will do the opposite. In philosophy I'm a rather bad guide.”

“What was important wasn't the fireworks, it was that we were together this evening, together in this place, looking up into the sky at the same time.”

“A little thought, however, will show that both aerial and linear perspective play as important a part in the heavens as on the earth beneath.”

“It's vitally important to always feel a bit like at the beginning of each show.”

“When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.”

“Listening to what people were saying wasn't even important. But it was important to look as if you were listening to what people were saying. Actually, listening to what people are saying, to me, interferes with looking as if you were listening to what people are saying.”

“Fears to look bad in front of other people, to say something wrong, to be laughed at - all those fears deprive us of half of our abilities. This is one of the main school problems. That teacher understands it, who can teach students to study without fear of the teacher, without fear of classmates, and, the most important, without fear of a subject.”