But happiness is no respecter of persons.

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

Don't worry about whether you can do it, Bailey Bean. Just pretend you can. Pretend enough and it becomes real.

One of the most important concepts of revealed religion is that of a sacred covenant.

The telephone is a 100-year-old technology. It's time for a change. Charging for phone calls is something you did last century.

Imitation is the greatest danger of the young [artist].

The Psalter is the great school of prayer.

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

I was a good student in school.

His three wives are huddled together on the bare mattress, one of them dying; when we're together, we form an alliance he can't touch. He's scared to even try.

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked