Like the crow among mankind are the Zanj [African Blacks] for they are the worst of men and the most vicious of creatures in character and temperament.

We know that the Zanj (blacks) are the least intelligent and the least discerning of mankind, and the least capable of understanding the consequences of actions.

Ikhlaas is to forget the vision of creation by constantly looking at the Creator.

You can't reach a mountain top without friends to help you get there.

Etta, it could be everything, it could be nothing, what you’re making up. You shouldn’t let that bother you.

The truth is I'm not really interested in travel writing as it's generally conceived, and even less so in female travel writing.

It's not how much you make, it's how much you save.

In the real world of research, conventional tests of [statistical] significance seem almost worthless.

I'm not sure (whether Demetriou did anything wrong). I wouldn't have thought so ... but I'm not the ACC (Australian Crime Commission), I'm not ASADA. I'm a football coach trying to coach a game.

With our own shortcomings, we are in no position to judge anyone else. The best way to forget the faults of others is to remember our own.

I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke.

We know nothing. Absolutely nothing.

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.