Be not like the bird that sees the seed, but not the trap.

Make thy books thy companions. Let thy cases and shelves be thy pleasure grounds and gardens.

Let your bookcases and your shelves be your gardens and your pleasure-grounds. Pluck the fruit that grows therein, gather the roses, the spices, and the myrrh.

sometimes you need to make a mess.

one has to give a great deal of oneself to animals if one is to get the best out of them.

Sing!" Grandpa Smedry yelled, his voice echoing down a hallway to the right."Sing!" If he breaks into song I think I might have to strangle myself... I thought, cringing.

The real hell of this," he told her, "is that you're going to get through it.

So I think in those circumstances, there's some potential that you could see a big pendulum swing like 1994, which people you thought weren't vulnerable all of the sudden get in trouble.

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.

Music is everything that one listens to with the intention of listening to music.

All my work is created from personal experiences. My hope is always that others will see it as a gateway, develop their own message and feel a part of the art.

I never made promises lightly There may have been some that I've broken But I swear in the days still left We will walk in fields of gold

The only way Marc Bircham will be going to Tottenham is if he buys a f****** season ticket.