I never know, " Harry called to Hagrid over the noise of the cart, "What's the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite?""Stalagmite's got an 'm' in it, " said Hagrid.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Longbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something.

As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.

Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother?

Everybody finished the song at different times. At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march.

Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.

Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind.

One can never have enough socks

Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.

It's true that General Musharraf opposes my return, seeing me as a symbol of democracy in the country. He is comfortable with dictatorship. I hope better sense prevails.

All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected.

I had written a script called "Freed," which I had wanted to direct.

All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature.

You create opportunities by performing, not complaining

A gardener's life is full of sweets and sours; He gets the sunshine when he needs the showers.

Non-conformism is the major, perhaps the only, sin of our time.

She knew too much. -A

What is revolution except a systematic way for one species to eat another alive?