You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that.

The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.

All the time I feel I must justify my existence.

I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet.

Christianity was literally born in the Middle East, and we must not forget our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters in Christ.

Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?

A large number of us have developed a feeling that architects tend to design houses for the approval of fellow architects and critics, not for the tenants.

Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.

Conservation must become before recreation.

I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents.

All I'm saying is that there is a price to be paid at the sharp end.. environmentally and everywhere else.. for the food that is produced in a particular way.

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

He found himself inhabiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment.

Because if I lost her, I would be lost, too.

Pay attention to fate.... It will always have the last word.

There is only one way to happiness and that is through service.

I thought my heart was pure. We do like to have such good opinions of our own motives when we're about to do something harmful, to someone else.

If you believe in love, you're setting yourself up to be disappointed.

The Learner must be led always from familiar objects toward the unfamiliar, guided along, as it were, a chain of flowers into the mysteries of life.

This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor.

Style is based on limitations.