Alain Elkann quote: "Being moderate or tolerant or open is not a sign of weakness but of civilization and strength, ... It means we can all live in the same house as equals."

I'd like to get to the point where words like Yom Kippur, or Ramadan, or Christmas become part of th...
ALAIN ELKANN

The intention was not to say that all religions are equal but that all people are equal, and that ac...
ALAIN ELKANN

The value of 'Made in Italy' must necessarily be up-to-date. This is the philosophy that Ita...
LAPO ELKANN

Even when it comes to zippers and buttons, Italy reigns supreme. The luxury market is ours, as demon...
LAPO ELKANN

I'm inspired every day by the great captains of industry and enlightened entrepreneurs like my g...
LAPO ELKANN

If you stop for lunch elsewhere in the world, you tend to eat a sandwich, and a bad one. Italy is un...
LAPO ELKANN

My company Independent Ideas worked with Gucci on a special edition Fiat 500.
LAPO ELKANN

'Made in Italy' is from the tycoons of the '80s, not me. It is people who represent an I...
LAPO ELKANN

I drive girls crazy because I might call them 20 times in one day and then the next day not once.
LAPO ELKANN

I love Winston Churchill. I love the wisdom he had, the sagacity. I like people who are independent-...
LAPO ELKANN

London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact tha...
LAPO ELKANN

London is like a girlfriend I loved, then really fell out with.
LAPO ELKANN

Italy's assets are her style, her beauty, her creativity, her passion, her energy, her technolog...
LAPO ELKANN

I don't have an MBA, and I didn't go to Yale. I'm not an academic person and wasn't ...
LAPO ELKANN

I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees.
LAPO ELKANN

In America, if you succeed, you don't have to apologize. In Italy, success is envied, and envy i...
LAPO ELKANN

I've learned that if one is arrogant and if something bad happens to him, people won't want ...
LAPO ELKANN

I am in love with cars; I love anything that moves.
LAPO ELKANN

I try cars; I try them all. Cars need to be sexy, because we're not talking about biscuits here.
LAPO ELKANN

Tailor Made will help Ferrari's clients tailor their cars in a very personal, specific way. It&#...
LAPO ELKANN

I have many weaknesses, but I have one strength. When I do something, I do it 300 percent. I'm n...
LAPO ELKANN

Real luxury is customization.
LAPO ELKANN

Just because you're born in a privileged family and have money doesn't mean you're happy...
LAPO ELKANN

You can learn from everyone, the president or the cleaner. You need teachers in life, but they'r...
LAPO ELKANN

I've missed a lot of trains in my life, and another one always comes.
LAPO ELKANN

I learnt not to be desperate in bad times and am learning not to be bullish when times are good.
JOHN ELKANN

Tiles, the best furniture, fabrics, bath fixtures, bronze - just leaf through any design magazine an...
LAPO ELKANN

Avoiding the all-too-typical divisive trappings of a takeover and creating instead a shared transnat...
JOHN ELKANN

It's my experience at Fiat and, now, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles that when there is a very strong ...
JOHN ELKANN

The Cinquecento was an engine of motivation at Fiat. It refurbished the image of the entire company....
LAPO ELKANN

I need to make things mine. It annoys me to buy something that is imposed on me. When I have a suit ...
LAPO ELKANN

I wish Rupert, Robert, and their hugely talented News Corp team continued and growing success in all...
JOHN ELKANN

My biggest satisfaction was to learn, inexperienced as I was, that it is possible to find ways out o...
JOHN ELKANN

Components are important in the evolution of cars, and there is increasing need for electronics.
JOHN ELKANN

The 500X and Jeep Renegade are very different cars, but they are manufactured in the same plant and ...
JOHN ELKANN

A pocket square must always - always - be white and a bit wild. If it is too prepared, it is tacky.
LAPO ELKANN

The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body tremble...
ALAIN

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the wo...
ALAIN

L'homme oriente sa voile, appuie sur le gouvernail, avançant contre le vent par la force même du v...
ALAIN

Ni le passé, ni l’avenir ne peuvent nous accabler, puisque l’un n’existe plus et que l’autr...
ALAIN

Everywhere in the world there are tensions - economic, political, religious. So we need chocolate.
ALAIN DUCASSE

The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny, and that's why it is so per...
ALAIN BADIOU

They never saw their family again.
ALAIN WEBER

To me as a man, and as an educator, it is so incredibly important that we do not forget.
ALAIN WEBER

I could see she had a great deal of pride in what I am doing, but she still questions it.
ALAIN WEBER

You early on become very conscious of certain things. Others were talking about religion. We were no...
ALAIN WEBER

There's no game tonight if Flats is not sharp. You have to be honest with the performance he put tog...
ALAIN VIGNEAULT

I know this group and they've got to be looking at the standings. You've got to be motivated and sha...
ALAIN VIGNEAULT

We're not quite sure what they're going to do, but they're going to let us know (today). Somebody is...
ALAIN VIGNEAULT

Those teams are playing really well right now. We're in a tough division, a good division. You've go...
ALAIN VIGNEAULT

We might be a little off as far as our timing goes. But our guys are going to be fine. This was a we...
ALAIN VIGNEAULT

We always got together on my mom's side and I was about six-years-old. It was the last year my grand...
ALAIN VIGNEAULT

I knew this is really challenging for him not playing, but if we ever needed him there was never a d...
ALAIN VIGNEAULT

That's bush-league. I haven't seen that in pro hockey.
ALAIN VIGNEAULT

It's great they're getting this opportunity. A lot of times you hear guys saying 'you never gave me ...
ALAIN VIGNEAULT

Out of the 21 players that were dressed (last) night, theoretically, seven of them are going to leav...
ALAIN VIGNEAULT

It's hard to say at the moment, since this is just the beginning. But if SANS' report is accurate, I...
ALAIN SERGILE

Once an area of weakness is pinpointed, hackers tend to dig at it. As more eyes turn to that area, m...
ALAIN SERGILE

I think we will see an exploit materialize either in a test harness or as an actual public exploit w...
ALAIN SERGILE

When Microsoft said last week that it would release seven patches, people were holding their breath....
ALAIN SERGILE

So while you might think it is coming from cousin Alice, most likely cousin Alice is not going to se...
ALAIN SERGILE

This is something that is not inherent in the operating system.
ALAIN SERGILE

The flaw is fairly significant in terms of its reach.
ALAIN SERGILE

This requires no user interaction. Outlook has a broad footprint, and that makes this much more sign...
ALAIN SERGILE

I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life.
ALAIN ROBERT

Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done.
ALAIN ROBERT

I don't really understand why they are charging me with criminal trespass, as I didn't even climb.
ALAIN ROBERT

In Houston, it seems I'm not welcomed, so I will move on to some other countries.
ALAIN ROBERT

They want me to go to jail for a little while.
ALAIN ROBERT

All these buildings are like mountains I would like to climb, but I am forbidden.
ALAIN ROBERT

This way I can get an adrenaline rush through the adventure, rather than through drinks and injectio...
ALAIN ROBERT

Modern people are only willing to believe in their computers, while I believe in myself.
ALAIN ROBERT

In fact, it will be very easy to climb the building because of its shape and architecture.
ALAIN ROBERT

Since we had little money and few documents, we had nothing.
ALAIN RESNAIS

Oh, yes, that never happened to me in my life before. It was a risky film, and I warned the producer...
ALAIN RESNAIS

Luck, I never looked to make difficult movies on purpose. You make the films you can make.
ALAIN RESNAIS

It's painful, either because the people onscreen have died, or because I don't think the direction i...
ALAIN RESNAIS

It was repugnant, but it was the only way to communicate.
ALAIN RESNAIS

I'd even say it's a realistic film because that's the way it happens in our heads; that was the idea...
ALAIN RESNAIS

I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.
ALAIN RESNAIS

I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talki...
ALAIN RESNAIS

I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment.
ALAIN RESNAIS

For the first time, I used a mix of black and white with color. In the editing room, I asked myself,...
ALAIN RESNAIS

I don't like to go over curbs, because I don't want to be hard on the car.
ALAIN PROST

I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning o...
ALAIN PROST

I always wanted to feel that I had enough knowledge and experience of the car that I could change it...
ALAIN PROST

A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the b...
ALAIN PROST

The real problem is that it (F1) is in a permanent state of conflict,
ALAIN PROST

Three times before 1985, I just missed the title, so winning was a relief.
ALAIN PROST

For him it is just the beginning. He has his whole career still ahead and (winning the title so earl...
ALAIN PROST

I rely on Prost to negotiate the first corner and the rest of it.
ALAIN PROST

When I drove for British teams... they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.
ALAIN PROST

Ayrton has this problem - he thinks that he can't kill himself.
ALAIN PROST

He was unlucky. He made some great saves as well. We have to recover from this now and face a tough ...
ALAIN PERRIN

When I first had contact with the chairman, I was very happy to come here.
ALAIN PERRIN

I speak to the chairman all the time because he's close to the team,
ALAIN PERRIN

Language is not a problem,
ALAIN PERRIN

The closer we get to the end of the window the more clubs raise the price of the players and try to ...
ALAIN PERRIN

He did very well considering he has only been here one day.
ALAIN PERRIN

We will come back.
ALAIN PERRIN

I certainly think he could do the job, ... because he has a lot of experience in football. He knows ...
ALAIN PERRIN

I think the situation is not very difficult, it's more difficult for the other clubs, ... We have fo...
ALAIN PERRIN

He deserves it. Four years this is his fourth year and he'll finally get his first (NHL) game. You...
ALAIN NASREDDINE

He deserves it. Four years ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ this is his fourth year ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â...
ALAIN NASREDDINE

It was unbelievable. It was good, especially because you don't really expect it. It just came as a s...
ALAIN NASREDDINE

With everything that's happened the last couple of weeks, I'm going to sit down with my family and w...
ALAIN NASREDDINE

She is gonna be happy for the rest of her life.
ALAIN MABOUSSOU

It's too early for me to retire, but I did four days ago.
ALAIN MABOUSSOU

I'm excited. I'm just excited. (My daughter) is going to be happy for the rest of her life.
ALAIN MABOUSSOU

I'm gonna be working for myself now.
ALAIN MABOUSSOU

Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.
ALAIN LESAGE

They made peace between us; we embraced, and we have been mortal enemies ever since.
ALAIN LESAGE

I am happy and content because I think I am
ALAIN LESAGE

Doubt is not below knowledge but above it
ALAIN LESAGE

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
ALAIN LESAGE

The development of the pure vegetable oil sector could be an incredible opportunity to attract young...
ALAIN JUSTE

We think that it is about time to end the French exception that goes against European wishes and lif...
ALAIN JUSTE

Most of the oil production goes in car tanks.
ALAIN JUSTE

At least 2,000 to 3,000 French motorists are using between 50 and 100 percent pure vegetable oil in ...
ALAIN JUSTE

Our diplomacy ended up giving a bad conscience to an international community capable only of express...
ALAIN JUPPE

Any confrontation, such as a verbal one with the United States, would be harmful for everybody.
ALAIN JUPPE

If the only obstacle to the renewal and modernization of France is a choice of personnel, I am compl...
ALAIN JUPPE

It's a warning, ... The game isn't over, and we're counting on winning the second round.
ALAIN JUPPE

This is the trial of a man, but it is also that of a system and a regime. France must look its past ...
ALAIN JUPPE

The people have spoken. Their decision is sovereign. We all respect it, ... I wish good luck to thos...
ALAIN JUPPE

did not manage to convince the French people that we were going in the right direction.
ALAIN JUPPE

The choice ... is entirely based on a defense-industrial logic,
ALAIN JUPPE

(Juppe) noted that the talks had progressed greatly and wanted pressure to be kept up on the two sid...
ALAIN JUPPE

There was an explosive device that was put in a subway car,
ALAIN JUPPE

If you look at how oil prices are rising and greenhouse gas emission targets, then only agriculture ...
ALAIN JEANROY

We are waiting for results before starting building the plants which should see the light of day in ...
ALAIN JEANROY

We will reach two percent this year.
ALAIN JEANROY

France will catch Spain up and possibly go beyond it by 2008.
ALAIN JEANROY

On the Russian side, of course, they have in mind space tourism and propose a certain level of comfo...
ALAIN FOURNIER

For future exploration, when we have the objective of going to the Moon, it is important to have sev...
ALAIN FOURNIER

Experience has shown that it is very important within an international programme to have a robust ap...
ALAIN FOURNIER

It's meant to service the space station and to go between Earth and an orbit around the Moon with si...
ALAIN FOURNIER

The objective is to have a vehicle which is more comfortable than the Soyuz capsule which will be us...
ALAIN FOURNIER

It's a great pleasure for me and my team. It was a surprise. A good surprise.
ALAIN DUCASSE

He is the first chef-restaurateur who has dared to admit openly, and even elevate to the status of a...
ALAIN DUCASSE

a man obsessed: obsessed with perfection, sharing, aesthetics, taste, savoir-faire, and much more.
ALAIN DUCASSE

Alain Chapelle [Ducasse's mentor], Alain Ducasse, Didier Elena - I learned from all of them.
ALAIN DUCASSE

It's a Mediterranean garden on the roofs of Aoyama.
ALAIN DUCASSE

You believe in God, then you don't believe anymore and when you have a big problem, you pray anyway.
ALAIN DELON

In love, we have to dare everything if we really love.
ALAIN DELON

I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving.
ALAIN DELON

I do very well three things: my job, stupidities and children.
ALAIN DELON

That's how it caught the eye of the farmer and the vet.
ALAIN CHARETTE

Quarantines will be lifted gradually when they reach 30 days, just as if nothing happened.
ALAIN CHARETTE

It's in their best interests. . . so they take every step they need to protect their poultry.
ALAIN CHARETTE

The disease is not here.
ALAIN CHARETTE

If tomorrow, any other country in the EU were to discover a case in their own domestic flock, they g...
ALAIN CHARETTE

All tests came back negative.
ALAIN CHARETTE

People with PTSD tell me their life is so miserable, they're willing to try anything to feel better....
ALAIN BRUNET

It's amazing how a traumatic memory can remain very much alive. It doesn't behave like a regular mem...
ALAIN BRUNET

We figure we need to test about 10 more people until we've got solid evidence.
ALAIN BRUNET

It's not that people will no longer remember the trauma, but the memory will be less painful.
ALAIN BRUNET

Snobbery exists in all areas of life, not least literary criticism. By snobbery I mean, any method o...
ALAIN BOTTON

Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writer...
ALAIN BOTTON

I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - tha...
ALAIN BOTTON

I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day-to-day take on things. The bare fa...
ALAIN BOTTON

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were w...
ALAIN BOTTON

We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich peo...
ALAIN BOTTON

The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once (we soon feel ungrateful) or tho...
ALAIN BOTTON

I find a welcome interest in the problems of everyday life. I find a humanity and a devotion to usin...
ALAIN BOTTON

We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who w...
ALAIN BOTTON

It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as t...
ALAIN BOTTON

We are experiencing the bottom-line impact of productivity improvements and the elimination of waste...
ALAIN BELDA

However, as these markets continued to decline in the third quarter, it became likely that even with...
ALAIN BELDA

achieve future sustained savings and profitable growth.
ALAIN BELDA

The fourth quarter has proven to be extremely challenging as a result of lower volumes, depressed me...
ALAIN BELDA

If economic trends solidify, we should continue to see improving profitability over the second half ...
ALAIN BELDA

As demand for aluminum strengthens, we will capture the efficiencies generated by last year's strate...
ALAIN BELDA

While we are not pleased with the short term impact the labor issues have had on our bottom line, ou...
ALAIN BELDA

Despite significantly higher energy prices which offset more favorable metal prices, we achieved sol...
ALAIN BELDA

We are focused on managing what is under our control,
ALAIN BELDA

That is the best long-term job protection we can offer all of our employees.
ALAIN BELDA

It's obviously very possible that, deep down, it's shaken my confidence. I've definitely taken a big...
ALAIN BAXTER

It was a different scale to a World Cup, I only learned that last time. But then again, they [the IO...
ALAIN BAXTER

I never got it together last season. Nothing clicked and my confidence went,
ALAIN BAXTER

My memory has been tarnished by what happened at Salt Lake City but that was four years ago,
ALAIN BAXTER

I could be very bitter about it, but I don't think it would help me, ... People would get bored of l...
ALAIN BAXTER

But it's one race. I've got 12 races this year. If it doesn't happen it's not going to be the end of...
ALAIN BAXTER

I'm happy racing and obviously I want to compete,
ALAIN BAXTER

The ethics of Truth always returns, in precise circumstances, to fighting for the True against the f...
ALAIN BADIOU

Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of sava...
ALAIN BADIOU

It is necessary to examine, in a detailed way, the contemporary theory of Evil, the ideology of huma...
ALAIN BADIOU

Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.
ALAIN BADIOU

A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that whi...
ALAIN BADIOU

Our democracy is not perfect. But it's better than the bloody dictatorships. Capitalism is unjust. B...
ALAIN BADIOU

Evil is the interruption of a truth by the pressure of particular or individual interests.
ALAIN BADIOU

My wife Gwenaelle prepares an 'energy shot' for me for breakfast. It's a mix of linseed,...
ALAIN DUCASSE

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one.
ALAIN CHARTIER

Life on a farm is a school of patience; you can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days.
HENRI ALAIN

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the wo...
ALAIN FRENCH

There is a kind of serenity in love which is almost a paradise.
ALAIN BADIOU

It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all...
ALAIN DUCASSE

One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk ...
ALAIN PROST

I'm surprised by the talent I find all over. There are always new chefs who propose many interes...
ALAIN DUCASSE

Food is one part of the experience. And it has to be somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the dinin...
ALAIN DUCASSE

Being moderate or tolerant or open is not a sign of weakness but of civilization and strength, ... It means we can all live in the same house as equals.

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