the whistle of the old steam trains ... could conjure up visions of bleak distances with one solitary wail.

More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot and rose against a background of many shades of turquoise and azure.

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the result of mixing Lloyd's of London with the principle of the chewing gum dispenser.

All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left.

Intelligent and alert, wistful but enthusiastic, frank yet tactful, assured without conceit and tender without sentimentality.

The truly fashionable are beyond fashion.

Isn't it sad that we only get upset about nasty things happening to people and places if television decides we should?

Miss Marilyn Monroe calls to mind the bouquet of a fireworks display, eliciting from her awed spectators an open-mouthed chorus of ohs and ahs.

I have the worst ear for criticism, even when I have created a stage set I like, I always hear the woman in the back of the dress circle, who says she doesn't like blue.

After twenty annual visits, I am still surprised each time I return to see this giant asparagus bed of alabaster and rose and green skyscrapers.

The greatest risk to man is not that he aims too high and misses, but that he aims too low and hits.

For society, marriage is undoubtedly beneficial. But the burdens of civilized morality are too heavy for many to bear.

Men love pleasure. but women desire purposeful commitment.

Do good.Spread love.Embrace all.Hurt none.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

My goal is to be the best fighter in the world, UFC Heavyweight Champion. There is no back-up plan.

British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse.

The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.

Those who refuse to play second fiddle may wind up playing no fiddle at all.

You become writer by writing. It is a yoga.