I'm for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Life is rather like a tin of sardines - we're all of us looking for the key.

All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.

History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.

A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.

If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.

The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.

Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.

I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street?

Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity.

Lord bless our journey on earth.Lord grant us the grace and will-power to fulfill our mission in the world.

I suppose you've always been amazing at this stuff."- Clary "I was born amazing." - Jace

I don't invest in what I don't understand. And I don't want to understand Facebook.

Preach in the name of God. The learned will smile; ask the learned what they have done for their country. The priests will excommunicate you . . .

To achieve your dreams, you must embrace adversity and make failure a regular part of your life. If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.

In the face of such overwhelming statistical possibilities hypochondria has always seems to me to be the only rational position to take on life.

When I feel lost and can't make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out.

Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter.

The isolation, the separateness, is always a part of any utopia.

I hate, for example, whenever you hear someone say, 'You have work at being a couple.'