Is the noble Lord aware that, at the age of 80, there are very few pleasures left to me, but one of them is passive smoking?

If you are ever attacked in the street do not shout 'help!', shout 'Fire!'. People adore fires and always come rushing. Nobody will come if you shout 'help.

I love to sail forbidden seas and land on barbarous coasts.

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.

It is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.

[Hollywood] always sounds glamorous when you're young.

I sit at my door, smoking a cigarette and sipping my absinthe, and I enjoy every day without a care in the world

All I was trying to do was get home from work.

The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.

Too often, executive compensation in the U.S. is ridiculously out of line with performance. That won't change, moreover, because the deck is stacked against investors when it comes to the CEO's pay.