There is no doubt that running away on a fresh, blue morning can be exhilarating.

Yes, I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness, sad as an eagle without wings, sad as a violin with only one string and that one broken, sad as a woman who is growing old. Sad, sad, sad.

You can pretend for a long time, but one day it all falls away and you are alone. We are alone in the most beautiful place in the world.

A room is, after all, a place where you hide from the wolves. That's all any room is.

The feeling of Sunday is the same everywhere, heavy, melancholy, standing still.

I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness.

I am the only real truth I know.

Now I no longer wish to be loved, beautiful, happy or successful. I want one thing and one thing only - to be left alone.

I've been so ridiculous all my life that a little bit more or a little bit less hardly matters now.

Love was a terrible thing. You poisoned it and stabbed at it and knocked it down into the mud - well down - and it got up and staggered on, bleeding and muddy and awful. Like - like Rasputin.

We can't all be happy, we can't all be rich, we can't all be lucky - and it would be so much less fun if we were... There must be the dark background to show up the bright colours.

My grandfather will adore you.""Because...?""You're not normal.""I see we're back to trading insults.""I meant that as a compliment.

Don’t play with damaged goods, you will only hurt yourself.

Let them march all they want, as long as they continue to pay their taxes.

Americans are so often thrown by Japan. It looks familiar but, an inch below the surface, it isn't anything like the West at all.

An executive might have a very strong intuition that a given product has promise, without considering the probability that a rival is already ahead in developing the same product.

If I give up nine runs on nine hits, I tip my hat.

I think it's important as a player every now and again to play something that's influenced you as an artist just to expose the people to it.

The Holy Scriptures are that divine instrument by which we are taught what to believe, concerning God, ourselves, and all things, and how to please God unto eternal life.

This is not your father's marketing. Instead of "do it right no matter what", search marketing demands that you "do it wrong quickly and then fix it".

An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.