It is for the sake of order that I seduced Clytemnestra, for the sake of order that I killed my king. I wanted for order to rule and that it rule through me. I have lived without desire, without love, without hope: I made order. Oh! Terrible and divine passion!
The language and concepts contained herein are guaranteed not to cause eternal torment in the place where the guy with the horns and pointed stick conducts his business.
Man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world, and defines himself afterwards.
Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.
One Martini is all right, two is too many, three is not enough.
A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers.
I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.
As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superiorscience and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying.
Model for others. He who wants to set a good example must add a grain of foolishness to his virtue; then others can imitate and, at the same time, rise above the one being imitated, something which people love.
There's no reason why someone can't go down there, who's supposed to be the leader of the free world, and say, 'I'm giving you a job to do and I'm not leaving here until it's done. And you're held accountable.