And of course you are mad, if by a madman we mean a mind that questions and rejects every civilized norm.

You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same ballgame.

You are who you are when nobody's watching.

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

Estate agents: like them or loathe them, you'd be mad not to loathe them.

The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious. Incuriousity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is.

People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books

Nothing in this world is at it seems. Except, possibly, porridge.

All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness

It never got weird enough for me.

History Coming too close Is monstrous, like a doll That is alive and bigger than the child Who tries to hold it.

I have to be a little bit guarded, because I can be very open and I like to include people, but then again I have to remind myself to be careful.

Sometimes time actually works against you if you refuse to face the relevant issues and explain to the public what is at stake.

Late to bed, late to rise, makes a man unhealthy, poor, and stupid.

When Christianity is received, it stimulates the faculties, and calls forth new ideas, new motives and new sentiments. It has been the mother of all modern education

Farms produce a lot more than food; they also produce a kind of landscape and a kind of community.

Got to lose control before you take control.

Like the early days of the Internet, the dawn of personal genomics promises benefits and pitfalls that no one can foresee.

If aliens came down and challenged us to a Battle of the Bands to decide the fate of Planet Earth, I would feel very confident putting early Van Halen forward as our champion.