I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.

Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.

Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to be able to greenwash their products and feel good.

Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.

I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve.

Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800.

It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered?

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.

Living an environmentally responsible lifestyle can seem like a Scrooge-like list of don'ts. Don't take that flight, don't buy that car, don't eat those blueberries flown in from somewhere far-flung.

I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.

[O]ther thinkers have philosophised since the time of Plato, but that does not destroy the interest and beauty of his philosophy

If anything has been accomplished through my life, it has been solely God’s doing, not mine, and He—not I—must get the credit.

Plot twist: everything goes exactly as planned.

The driving force behind doing everything that I've been doing as a stand-up is having problems with authority and not liking to be told what to do.

The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and playing, it's marvelous.

People want to know more about me. They want to know who I am.

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

During my time as England captain I have always been both helpful and direct in my communications with the ECB.

Smile creates love and peace; love and peace create smile.

A lot of people are doing something about their weight, but by their own reckoning, it isn't enough to get the results they want