Although Americans justify their self-interest in moral terms, their true interest is never itself moral.

We do not want to old to be sharper than we. It is bad enough that they were there first, and got the best things.

I am afraid that as people grow old there is a tendency for them to believe that what the past *ought* to have been it was.

...Leggett feels that to be excitingly right in general is better than to be dully accurate in particular. That is why he is such an effective journalist.

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.

Excellence is not an event but a habit.

Never make a decision when you are upset, sad, jealous or in love.

There's a difference between performing in Philadelphia to New York as much as a difference between playing in Luton and playing in San Francisco, y’know what I mean?

I feel very lucky to be successful in what i love doing everyday.

I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about the journalists; we can only hope that they will die off as the deerflies do towards the end of August.

Targets don't fight crime.

Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.

Physical science has taught us to associate Deity with the normal rather than with the abnormal.