Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

I didn't have to say a word. My love for him appeared upon my flesh like virgin tattooed skin.

The gods, " he said. "Imprisoned in a thought. And perhaps they were never more than a dream.

My upbringing was absolutely not the archetypal writer's upbringing. Even, arguably, the opposite.

Players that aren't true leaders but try to be, always bash other players after a mistake. True leaders on the pitch already assume others will make mistakes.

I consider Greeks the Jews of the sea.

I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.

Ocean is my potion, I need vitamin sea.

Good fashion is evolution, not revolution.

I simply think there's life after movies. I have to adhere to this philosophy, and therefore I like other things, and I have other passions. None are as big as movie-making, but they exist.

Amy Winehouse - her surname's beginning to sound like a description of her liver.