Cantonese, which has up to nine tones as opposed to the five in Mandarin, is much more versatile and one of the richest dialects in Chinese.

In cyberspace, 95 per cent of what you read is hearsay.

I've always wanted to go to Timbuktu. First of all I think it has the best name of anywhere in the world.

Chairman Mao not only introduced Pinyin in China, but also simplified half the Chinese characters, believing that fewer strokes would enable more people to learn to write the characters.

Twitter is very impulsive and impermanent and you only have 140 characters. There is no greater 'Emperor' of Twitter than Stephen Fry.

About 90 percent of what's out there in cyberspace is hearsay - or lies - and opinion, often misinformed opinion, and it's all repeated over and over again.

The three most dreaded words in the English language are 'negative cash flow'.

I can't establish the veracity of what people say because only they know whether they are telling the truth. I can't look into your mind, can I?

Stephen Fry is a master exponent of the English tongue. Some people might think that he is the most irritating man in Britain, but my wife and I love him all the same.

The beauty of the Internet is that there's no space limit.

The image we have of a famous person often bears no relation to them.

Try staying awake for 24 hours and you'll realize just how many needless worries your mind instantly shuts out.

Free ourselves from the fear of being unlike others, unloved people, unattractive, unwanted, undesirable or unworthy. Love the way you're to be better person.

If you never persisted, you will never succeed.

Fraulein Noether was the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began.

Sometimes I do an automatic songs, songs that you don't really think about, or work on. You just look back and it sorta surprises you.

There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted.

A small business person has Uncle Sam as a partner, a partner who puts up no money, does no work, and wants 30 or 40 percent

A hobby is the result of a distorted view of things. It is putting a planet in the place of a sun.

All knowledge is but remembrance.

I'm very easy to see on the podium because everyone else is small!