Let the man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim. Attacking is his only secret. Dare, and the world always yields: or, if it beat you sometimes, dare again, and it will succumb.

His Scotch bear-leader, Mr Boswell, was a butt of the first quality.

Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well.

It's never the right time to take a particular stand.

It's hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I'm on stilts!

There are still hundreds of question marks to be answered

A bad review may spoil your breakfast, but you shouldn't allow it to spoil your lunch.

It's the coolest feeling signing your record. And it's great when people come to your shows and know the words to the new songs.

Go to the Sydney Institute Media Watch Dog website to marvel at his [Gerard Henderson's] work.

Since I'm not sure of the address to which to send my gratitude, I put it out there in everything I do.

I could hear him laughing. Son of a bit*h. I would kill him. I didn't care if he was coyote or the son of Satan.He was a dead man walking.

There are a lot of ideas I've had that I originally was quite taken with, but over time, I lost steam. They stay on my list, but between me and you, I'm probably never going to do them.