Competition, I think, is always a good thing.

Historically, science and society have gone separate ways, although society has provided the funds for science to grow, and in return, science has given society all the material things it enjoys.

We have ourselves begun to put our house in order by banning some experiments that may contain a risk for mankind. We would like to see society take a similar attitude, abandoning selfish practices that are dangerous for society itself.

The life I remember begins at Imperia, where I went to school, including the Ginnasio-Liceo 'De Amicis.'

Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.

The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.

Only with our government are you given a certificate at birth, a license at marriage, and a bill at death.

I go to see films at the multiplex because they are not good films, and so I don't have to think about things like death, social oppression, or yes, my fertility, while I watch them.