An arch consists of two weaknesses which, leaning one against the other, make a strength.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

Your target market are more bothered about whether what you sell will get them promoted, sacked, recognised, accepted, praised or laid.

Dancing on the edge is the only place to be.

Certainly when you read someone's diary [ superficial] that's a word that jumps to mind.

I'll never forget anything about Middle Earth. That's part of my memory now so I won't miss anything.

If you look around the room, and you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.

In the U.K., we have the best geography teachers in the world!

When I grew up, we didn't have a TV, and I think more families today have ambitions of getting out of their environment, such as sending their children to university.

Get your tickets now. Buy cable now. Get your jerseys now. Pull your boats up to the docking stations now. Bring your Sea-Doos now. If you can't afford a Sea-Doo, get a raft.

You better not brag, you're a hunky old hag, and that goes for your mother, too.

Everyone always says that having kids is messy and sloppy. It's true, but you as a parent have to try to bring some boundaries and control over that experience, or you'd have out-of-control kids.