All the time I feel I must justify my existence.

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

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.

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.

Hope can live in a vacuum.

She was in awe of all his work. 'How do you do it?" she asked.He smiled and said, 'By loving you.

The heart is heaviest when it’s emptyand lightest when it’s full

Having manners is the sweet scent that calls you to the rose.

The position of modern science, as far as an ignorant man of letters can understand it, seems not a step in advance of that held by Huxley and Romanes in the last century.

I am a recluse at present & do nothing but write & read & read & write

I grew up in the Bible Belt and I made my own clothes and dyed my hair purple. Nobody ever knew what to do with me.

I was never a prodigy.

What is the difference between the Marine Corps and the Boy Scouts? The Boy Scouts have adult leadership.

The problem isn't that the green jobs aren't sexy enough. It's that they're not plentiful enough. A young person looking for a job isn't looking just for a sexy job, they're looking for any job.