A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

Non-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity.

The gardener is the quintessential optimist: not only does he believe that the future will bear out the fruits of his efforts, he believes in the future.

On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time they're listening to what you're saying, you're off the screen.

Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations.

In the face of all this evil, we remain strong and united, 'One Nation Under God.'

If a football official were to call for a slow-motion replay every time Didier Drogba fell over, each match would last about six weeks.

I want to start by saying something nice about President Bush. Of all the presidents we've had with the last name of Bush, his economic plan ranks in the top two.

For the sake of a dying, suffering world count the cost, pay the price and set the captives free

MGM never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles, but cast me in programme pictures.