On March 4th, 1830, I arrived in London, where a new world seemed opened to me.

I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament.

I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery

We fixed on No. 4, Queen Street Place, for our City offices, and it was from there that so many of my patented inventions were dated.

We all grow up thinking we are special. Earlier I realises that I am ordinary, chances are that I grow up into someone special. Late realisation of this fact is very heart-wrenching.

When she bought the cats her mother asked her straight out if they were 'baby substitutes'. 'No, ' Ruth had answered, straight-faced. 'They're kittens. If I had a baby it would be a cat substitute.

I try not to dwell too much on a bad marriage.

Fighting aging is like the War on Drugs. It's expensive, does more harm than good, and has been proven to never end.

If you put on an item of clothing that hurts just because you have an idea it looks better or conforms to what other people are wearing, it's dumb.

To see Good Tennis! What divine joy Can fill our leisure, or our minds employ? Let other people play at other things; The King of Games is still the Game of Kings.

I knew unless I got stopped I was going to go all the way. I don't know if I can run any faster. I just ran as fast as I could.

Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it.

I am not hugely famous; I am not a name. For me, it's not the size of the role, it's the material and the people you are working with.

Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.