“Jews have been the most successful and productive nation in history.”

“The artists of this nation - state are, taken as one historical subject, one of 'latecomers' to the smorgasbord of the artistic pantheon.Even if Sweden as a nation-state thus seems to have been excluded from the world art history its contemporary arts infrastructure presently makes the country a much more vital place of production.”

“Throughout the nation's history, the national destiny of the United States has been understood in antimilitaristic, libertarian terms.”

“A rule for success in today's wild new economic world is this: use the most innovative technologies to deliver the most primal products and services.”

“Even the most casual study of the record...would show that strange times to be a Jew have almost always been, as well, strange times to be a chicken.”

“The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.”