Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

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 take giant leap to make your life better. Just enjoy every minute of your life

Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus, or just a really cool Opotamus?

Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.

All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.

Don't ever forget where God found you.

Conducting is like making love to a hundred people at the same time.

A sentimental aphorism is even more a surprise than a hard- boiled sonnet.

People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It's quite a heavy load to carry on your shoulders, the memories of so many people.

Fear of failure falls away in the face of death.

It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior