Christianity was literally born in the Middle East, and we must not forget our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters in Christ.

The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.

All the time I feel I must justify my existence.

You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that.

I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet.

Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?

A large number of us have developed a feeling that architects tend to design houses for the approval of fellow architects and critics, not for the tenants.

Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.

Conservation must become before recreation.

I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents.

All I'm saying is that there is a price to be paid at the sharp end.. environmentally and everywhere else.. for the food that is produced in a particular way.

What if everyone knew what a flower could do?

I started writing when I was about thirteen.

I'm a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.

Was it confusing because it was artistic, or artistic because it was confusing?

Adversity is a misperception as all works toward the good.

Life is too meaningful to die.

Xenophobia is the hatred of foreigners. I don't hate anyone.

My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall. If I can match them for 10 years, I'd be in their company. They were class acts. That's what I'd like to be.

I must not mix champage, whiskey, and gin. (Repeated fifty times to fill column.)