The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America.

I had intended to have gone into Africa incognito. But the fact that a white man, even an American, was about to enter Africa was soon known all over Zanzibar.

The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely animal.

Socialism is a return to primitive conditions.

Doctor Livingstone, I presume?

Religion acts as a moral gardener, to weed out, or suppress, evil tendencies, which, like weeds and nettles, would shoot up spontaneously in the wonderful compost of the garden, if unwatched.

Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure.

The sky lovingly smiles on the earth and her children.

Learn to uncrumple yourself, for life and people are always gung ho to crush you.

When you talk about a reader being emotionally moved, a feeling of empathy, I think that comes out of that line-by-line respect for reader. That's actually where it all comes from.

I know you’ll never love me but maybe you’ll stay for awhile.

I don't envisage I will be captain again, but for two England managers, Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello, I was their first choice and I'm proud of that.

You've got to believe in yourself first. Take risks and don't be afraid to fall.

English has borrowed from everywhere and now goes everywhere.

You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love to.

My parents divorced, and I didn't have much of a daddy growing up.

I think it all goes down to who plays the better football on the night.

If I'm gonna put a message out there, I want to make sure I stay consistent. I'm up on my game, because I said it. People take your words and they live by them.