VALERY, PAUL : The trouble with the times is that the future just isn't what it used to be! (Paul Valery, French poet, essayist and philosopher, 1871-1945)

VALERY, PAUL : One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. (Paul Valery, French poet, essayist and philosopher, 1871-1945)

VALERY, PAUL : What others think of us would be of little moment had it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves. (Paul Valery, French poet, essayist and philosopher, 1871-1945)

VALERY, PAUL : A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator. (Paul Valery, French poet, essayist and philosopher, 1871-1945)

VALERY, PAUL : The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be. (Paul Valery, French poet, essayist and philosopher, 1871-1945)

VALERY, PAUL : If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. 'Nothing in the paper today,' we sigh. (Paul Valery, French poet, essayist and philosopher, 1871-1945)