Once a decision is made to be tasteful and risk-free, all spark, soul, variety, sleaze, spontaneity and fun go right out the window

Right now, the economy is a whole lot like a fairly good-looking brain-dead chick in a persistent vegetative coma. You can't really wake her up, but there's things she's still good for.

In reality I feel as horrified as a ghetto Jew watching the rise of National Socialism.

Stop pathetically believing that you deserve fame or fame deserves you. It's yucky, and it's only making you miserable, so stop.

If Jesus is on Tim Curran's side and Occy is Jesus, who gets to win?

Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.

I know that, your time is very precious, But Dear .I am also a prince, we will not meet again and again

That amenity which the French have developed into a great art . . . conversation.

To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals.

You spend the first term at Oxford meeting interesting and exciting people and the rest of your time there avoiding them

Give me love Give me love Give me peace on earth Give me light Give me life Keep me free from birth Give me hope Help me cope, with this heavy load Trying to, touch and reach you with, heart and soul

It takes more energy to maintain mediocrity than it takes to pursue excellence.

The able bodied poor don't want or need charity.... All they need is financial capital.

What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.

This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature's essence.