"I had always regarded language as more a question of utility than identity. Therefore, I promptly noted that all the meetings should be conducted in English and French. My older colleagues laughed. Later I understood why. On the second day of the Finnish presidency a German delegation refused to participate in an informal ministerial meeting because no German interpretation had been arranged."

"Many is the mirage I chased. Always I was overreaching myself. The oftener I touched reality, the harder I bounced back to the world of illusion, which is the name for everyday life. 'Experience! More…"

"Concerts are never real music, you have to give up the idea of hearing in them all the most beautiful things of art."

"Material that might be illegal is such a minuscule part of what is available that we have to remember — and I mean not only librarians but everybody has to remember not to let it overshadow the incred…"

"Should such an ignorant people lead the world? How did it come to this in the first place? 82 percent of us don't even have a passport! Just a handful can speak a language other than English"