Every time some spoiled European soccer millionaire complains about the blaring vuvuzelas, I want them to blare louder.

The art of reading between the lines is as old as manipulated information.

In some circles Stalin has in fact been making a comeback. His portrait hangs above the dashboard of trucks, a symbol of blue- collar nostalgia for a tough leader.

Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport.

Newspaper reporting is really storytelling. We call our articles 'stories,' and we try to tell them in a way that even people who don't know all the background can understand them.

What Paris has done right is to make it awful to get around by car and awfully easy to get around by public transportation or by bike.

Parisians overwhelmingly buy small cars. And it's not because people are petite, but because fuel is drop-dead expensive. Gasoline costs more than twice as much in Paris as in New York.

The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life.

Failure is an integral part of life and that perfection is not of this world.

Discoveries are made by gluttons and addicts. The man who forgets to eat and sleep has an appetite for fact, for interrelations among causes.

The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour

No good at life, but very funny sometimes with the commentary.

Believing that power is much more important than money and that money is much more important than happiness.

Without missing a beat Roger says, All the moneys right down here and points to the 1st three frets.

I'm not big on plastic surgery for me but I don't fault it for someone who wants it for them. You have to do what makes you feel good, but it's not my thing.

Be Brave in the pursuit of beauty

I enjoy getting dressed as a Barbie doll.