The effectiveness of work increases according to geometrical progression if there are no interruptions.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.

...you betrayed me, but after all those years I discover, my tears have wiped the slate clean...

Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences

The difference between a movie and a play is that the production you end up with is the production. If a movie that I spent time on turns out to be crap, it's never going to be made again.

How often it is a small, almost unconscious event that makes a turning point.

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.

I always liked red. It's a picker-upper.

Anyone can take a false step And fall forever, Everyone is different. Where are they now, all those lost souls?

When a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear it- it is at that point that it becomes fashion.

Let's as this House send a very clear message to British Muslims that we value you, we value your contribution, and we will take this petition very seriously.