Travel has been stepped up to such a speed that one can have dinner in New York and indigestion in Madrid.

True hospitality is a delicate balance of warmth and form.

The courteous driver keeps a safe distance between cars and doesn't drive like one plane trying to refuel another.

Concocting a good guest list is like seasoning a gourmet sauce. Too many similar ingredients and it's bland. Too much variety in the seasoning and the result may be overpowering.

Men exist for the sake of one another.

Dave Mackay was the kind of footballer that legends are built around. He was simply the greatest - tough as teak on the pitch and a real gentleman off it.

The evening had turned sweet and blue.

If you think you are in control, you're fooling yourself. As soon as you start listening, you realize you're not in control. And letting go will yield more and better results.

I know the families that I photograph extremely well and have known them for a very long time.

Oh, no, a leopard blew up and plastered itself all over everything, but hey, animal print was in this year.

Being able to check your balance on the phone is the best invention ever.

we are a small, interconnected world; that we are all safe or none of us are; that we are all well cared for or all at risk.

Good governance needs self-discipline. Only discipline within can ensure discipline without.

I'm from New York, I make kind of somewhat maybe lewd, at times - maybe some would say dirty - jokes. But in jest.