When a man is down on his luck he seems to consume all he can get of coffee and doughnuts.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

I cannot imagine any boy of spirit who would not be delighted to play a drunkard even to vomiting in front of his Sunday school. Indeed, the vomiting might be the chief attraction of the role.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart.

Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it.

Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.

The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man.

Never confuse a hunger for knowledge with a thirst for truth.

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

I am a huge believer in revelations and fun twists.

Live your life in such a way that it is going to be the favorite story of your generation and generations to come.

Overall, becoming a carbon-neutral country would involve changes in our behaviour, but these are modest compared with the changes that will be forced upon us if we do nothing.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means and so make for themselves different modes of life.

Every day I'm learning something new from the practice. It's very rewarding.

Being inundated with constant "bad" news from the media doesn't help.

If I wanted to make a record to represent myself, I wouldn't put any (covers on it).

I've spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England.