Somebody said once or wrote, once: 'We're all of us children in a vast kindergarten trying to spell God's name with the wrong alphabet blocks!

Civilization is communication. When that which should be expressed and transmitted is lost, civilization comes to an end.

The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.

If you're callin' about my heart, it's still yours.

Comedy - particularly the frothy and frivolous - is notoriously neglected by festivals and awards. But it's bloody hard to get right.

If the vision is there, the means will follow.

The foul slime stands for the sloth and vice of man, the decay of humanity; the fragrant flower that springs from it, for the purity and courage which are immortal.

I once delivered a simple ball, which I was told, had it gone far enough, would have been considered a wide

The elections are the greatest symbol of participation and political reform.

It's important to know all those things, but part of our jobs is to move people along and to make people excited to buy music or buy clothes, and give them enjoyment, I think, too.

Your ultimate success or failure will depend on your ability to ignore the worries of the world long enough to allow your investments to succeed.