If our friends' idealizations of us need the corrective of our own experience it may be true also that our own sordid view of our lives needs the corrective of our friends' idealizations.

The strictly logical mind is usually if not always at fault in its valuations of that defiantly illogical thing known as human nature.

If our friends' idealizations of us need the corrective of our own experience, it may be true also that our own sordid view of our lives needs the corrective of our friends' idealizations.

The touch of reality is salvation for the man who smothers amid forms and shadows. A blind man would rejoice in sight though his eyes opened on the carnage of a battlefield.

All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own.

Humour is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought - rather it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy.

I want to emphasize the fact that the independence of Kosovo should and will be recognized.

If I don't make it, I'll be very sad that there are things I didn't do, but I'm happy that I've done what I have.

As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?

For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil.

The secret of the Internet's success has been its openness to new services.

She had a way of seeing the beauty in others, even, and perhaps most especially, when that person couldn't see it in themselves.

I truly believe a woman's weight is a political issue, and if one young woman out there can see me and not feel crummy about herself, that's a good thing.

Life is like a cup of coffee or tea. No matter how bitter it may be, it is always enjoyable.

I don't get to go to the super fancy stores unless I am in L.A. so you stay pretty real and normal that way.

I was always pretty good at designing things.