I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has none.

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.

So you're going to have to ask yourselves on simple question: Which one of us is speaking now?

A decision is not an incident, it is result of hundreds of circumstances and thousands of thoughts.

One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure.

Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good.

Humans hardly know what they want, how they want it, or when they want it.

There's nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don't make the same ones. We don't want to duplicate them.

We don't celebrate dependence day on the Fourth of July. We celebrate Independence Day.

There are no liberals behind steering wheels.

I'm addicted. I'm addicted to golf.

Many times people think if God has called you to something, he's promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.