Major cities are divided into two parts; the bits that are in the guidebook and the bits that aren't. If you don't take a guidebook, you'll see a different city.

People who get to the top of any organisation are generally dysfunctional human beings who are overachieving, overcompensating or overbearing.

To turn ordinary clothes into gardening clothes, simply mix with compost.

Libraries are brothels for the mind. Which means that librarians are the madams, greeting punters, understanding their strange tastes and needs, and pimping their books.

Never work for a company that says people are its most important asset. If you wanted to get a mortgage and you said that your only asset was people you would end up living in a tent.

Growing up is when you understand you get what you give, not what you're given.

As the world becomes ever more crowded, so folding will become ever more important.

The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice.

I often get asked why I decided to spend time highlighting the mental health of children.

Critics like Elvis Costello because critics are like Elvis Costello.

Mary Poppins is magical and fun.

Truth is what the voice within tells you.

Everything is more or less organized matter. To think so is against religion, but I think so just the same.

A brand is nothing but an expression of the consumer’s loyalty and trust.

If someone asks you for something, provide them with a clear "No" or a delivery date.

Pridelessness is negative good; humility is positive good.

Who has more leisure than a worm?