It is necessary ... to yield to the storm, purchase a peace, and wait patiently for better times.

I never swear, Monseigneur. I say Yes or No, and as I am a gentleman, I keep my word.

...and you drink a little too much and try a little too hard. And you go home to a cold bed and think, 'That was fine'. And your life is a long line of fine.

Self- reliance is the greatest of all virtues my friend.

Life is like a double-blind experiment. And the Observer is the only One in on the Know.

I know it was wonderful but I don't know how I did it.

Don't be ashamed of your own ideas. Most musicians get applauded for sounding like someone else.

Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.

I'm not opposed to doing science fiction or comedy, but there has to be respect. I refuse to be the joke, the fat woman joke, in any movie. I've turned down roles.

Every business has two financial objectives: One is to make money; the other, more elusive, is to make money consistently.

Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood.

None of what Barack Obama is doing or wants to do to this country is anything the rest of the world hasn't seen before and already failed at.