A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Love didn't grow very well in a place where there was only fear, just as plants didn't grow very well in a place where it was always dark.

All the money anyone needs is just enough to prevent one from being a burden to others. -Bishop Milton Wright

When I look in the mirror, I see me.Who do you see?

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

That which we do for ourselves dies with us … that which we do for others lives forever.

Music has as many roles as people make it.

Think of working forever at something you love to do, for one you love with all your heart, and never getting tired! We will never know weariness in heaven.

I first saw the light in the city of Boston in the year 1857.

I love Ralph Lauren, just as a designer. I still think he could make some better sizes with his clothes, but I like the idea of his classic American style.

Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrians Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.