Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event.

Have the courage of your desire.

The mind which renounces once and forever a futile hope has its compensations in ever-growing calm.

Life I fancy would very often be insupportable but for the luxury of self-compassion.

I have the happiness of the passing moment and what more can mortal ask?

A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work

First and foremost, Scotland is my home, and I do consider myself Scottish, but I also feel very British, and I hope that Scotland stays within the Union. I have a real concern about independence.

Don't be afraid to pile on the midi rings! I like to play around with metals and pair delicate rings with chunkier ones.

More software projects have gone awry for lack of calendar time than for all other causes combined.

The nice part about not being a huge film is that you get to goof around a bit more.

Fascists are not human. A snake is more human.

I'm challenged by people like Russell Crowe and Sean Penn who come in with such incredible discipline and power.

If I'd trusted myself and listened to myself all the times that I ignored myself, I would have been fine. But everyone has to learn their lesson, and now I've got it.

We're letting [technology] take us places that we don't want to go.

Study after study, not only here but in other countries, show that the most affordable housing is where there has been the least government interference with the market - contrary to rhetoric.