Africa is cruel...it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no-one minds

They [zebras] looked like highly varnished animated toys.

You cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and bright.

One of the stock Sydney jokes is of the census-taker who enquires: 'How many children have you, ma'am?' 'Two living and three in Melbourne.'

Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result.

English tradition debars from dinner-table conversation almost all topics that might interest the conversers and insists upon strict adherence to banalities.

The pioneer kills what he loves.

How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water.

The Beatties were always arguing, it gave them an interest in life.

Dogs may be divided into two classes: those who are merely afraid of cattle and those who can't abide them.

The great point about money was to convert it as quickly as possible into something you could use or enjoy.

There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master.

Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any time. It is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

The more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of play.

Arranging is sort of the most exciting part of making music right now for me. I really enjoy the process of arranging because you're given all the time that you need to decide on every single note.

If you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher 20 wins, but might take five years off his life, he'd take it.

The virtue of Christianity is obedience.

I did indeed say you could have lovers. But I never promised that I would not kill them.

I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me, I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.

In the garden of your days cultivate festivity, play and celebrations.

When you're playing this bad of a character, it's obviously not reality for someone who's not living that life.