What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Jests that give pains are not jests.

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.