A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered.

Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.

Espresso is to Italy, what champagne is to France.

Society is divided into two classes: the shearers and the shorn. We should always be with the former against the latter.

Never speak ill of yourself, your friends will always say enough on that subject.

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.

Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.

I found there a country with thirty-two religions and only one sauce.

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult.

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.

God gave humans language so they could conceal their thoughts from one another.

The world is not to be run by miracles but by principles.

The perfect life is not worth living. There would be nothing to look forward to. The imperfect life is perfect.

I'm numb and I'm tired. Too much has happened today. I feel as if I'd been out in a pounding rain for forty-eight hours without an umbrella or a coat. I'm soaked to the skin with emotion.

The genius must have his freedom and his independence.

any criticism heard secondhand sounds worse than it would face to face. Words spoken out of our presence strike us as more powerful, just as people we know only by reputation seem larger than life.

I just went and got an agent because I thought I can create my own world - you can't right your own life, but you can escape to a world where you can have control.

Well here you are, there it is, THIS is what it's all about.

I want to make music that lots of people will love.

Saving lives, one day at a time, just like always

Glenn Hoddle was probably the unfunniest man I have ever known