The media ... is like an oil painting. Close up, it looks like nothing on Earth. Stand back and you get the drift.

Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns.

I sometimes compare press officers to riflemen on the Somme -- mowing down wave upon wave of distortion, taking out rank upon rank of supposition, deduction and gossip.

It goes in streaks. But some things never go out of fashion.' Hunger artists, fat folks, giants, and dog acts come and go but real freaks never lose their appeal.

I think the truth is black-and-white.

Having a normal knee would make life a lot easier.

Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little closer to it than if you compare it to a bloody brawl in an alley.

Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them," said Mr. Sutton. "You show them the tiniest edge of your secret, but the rest you keep under wraps.

To share happiness, and to have done something good before leaving this life is sweet.

The more rapidly a civilization progresses, the sooner it dies for another to rise in its place.

DRS is like giving Picasso Photoshop.

Western culture is what is at risk from immigration from the Middle East.

My head was full of misty fumes of doubt.