I seem to have fallen for women with missing parents. Goodness knows what it signifies.

There are things you break that can't be put back together again. And Kashmir may be one of them.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.

In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.

Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.

faith without doubt is addiction

I personally believe this: We have only today

Isn't the smell of coffee the best alarm clock?

we believe certain things because they ought to be true.

Yes, there is some one I love, though he has not told me yet that he even loves me.

If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no contradiction, and in that state your being is your doing.

The only thing which can keep journalism alive - journalism, which is born of the moment, serves the moment, and, as a rule, dies with the moment - is - again the Stevensonian secret! - charm.

The higher the yield, the higher the risk. A high yield is designed to attract investors. An outrageously high yield attracts fools.

The very existence of the bicycle is an offense to reason and wisdom.

I love the shape of cars. They are very inspiring as modern pieces of machinery. I can't drive, but I do like the look of them.

The British countryside is threatened by people and interests who really do not care for it