It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.

I like the pause that tea allows

My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.

My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.

I travel a lot, and I hunt for fabrics, then I have the tailor make me something.

I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.

I love driving in the city at night.

I just want to create, and socializing is part of the experience. It might sound crazy, but I don't see myself in the jewelry business. It's an experience.

I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.

My inspiration is love and history.

My friends are a huge part of my inspiration.

By thinking mostly about everything that has gone wrong, is going wrong, and can possibly go wrong, the thinker is bound to end up in a lousy mental and emotional state.

Jesus Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him.

Music directly represents the passions of the soul. If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.

You learn from the mistakes you make and from the mistakes other people make. The truth is, you don't learn from success; you learn from failure.

The young do not demand omniscience. They know it is unattainable. They do demand sincerity.

In other words, RBS had its origins in a failed speculation, a bail-out, and a financial crash so big it helped destroy Scotland's status as a separate nation.

I can do accents really well.

I would fight God Almighty Himself if He didn't play square with me

I think I was born stubborn, that's all.

He always wants to expand every one's rights: illegal aliens, terrorists, Russian spies, except American citizens.