As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it.

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

I sometimes think that God will ask us, 'That wonderful world of mine, why didn't you enjoy it more?

Old age is - a lot of crossed off names in an address book.

To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary.

Acceptance of death when it arrives is one thing, but to allow it to upstage the joys of living is ingratitude.

One of the reasons why old people make so many journeys into the past is to satisfy themselves that it is still there.

Jane Austen can in fact get more drama out of morality than most other writers can get from shipwreck, battle, murder, or mayhem.

Indeed, men who have either quaffed or even tasted the liberal arts penetrate with their aid far more deeply into the secrets of the divine wisdom." - John Calvin

Leaders are builders. They build bridges to unite, not walls to divide.

I will never, ever drink whiskey again. From now on, it's strictly sherry.

I regard the rights of men and women equal. In Love's fair realm, husband and wife are king and queen, sceptered and crowned alike, and seated on the self-same throne.

Somehow there is a certain honesty underground, a certain truth.

The European Union that emerges from the Eurozone crisis is going to be a very different body. It will be transformed perhaps beyond recognition by the measures needed to save the Eurozone.

I think when Tom Ford was there I borrowed a Gucci tux one time, and they were very nice and he was very kind.

The markets are always changing, and the successful trader needs to adapt to these changes.

Health care's like any other product or service: if the consumer is in charge of spending his money on it, then the market will make sure that it is affordable.

In a country where only men are encouraged, one must be one's own inspiration.