“The Polish society is not composed solely of entrepreneurial and energetic young people. I can't image pensioners who get ZL600 or ZL800 a month getting even less than that. That'd be immoral.”

“Six months at most after they get here, these young people — and they are mostly young who come — have lost every idea they had, except flirtation and temperature.”

“It's been years, months, days, but he still can't get out of his mind those horrible, inhuman images, monstrous creations of subjects who look the same as everyone else; equal to him.”

“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.”

“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.”

“You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”

“You can't get most people to believe how wildly the eco-laws get broken, but if I say "More than twice the legal limit," they get comfortably outraged.”

“People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.”

“People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.”

“It's been so long since I made love, I can't even remember who gets tied up.”