The life of the city cat is short but so sophisticated.

Consumerism is our national religion.

As the medieval mind blamed God for human suffering, so the modern mind blames 'the system' for the industrial blight and plague of technology.

One parody is worth a thousand polemics.

What you say is who you are. How you say it is your style.

Technology evolves so much faster than wisdom.

When I went to school, they told me literature was a rope I must use to climb out of the dark well of unknowing. Writers are the knots on the rope.

Perception is a prism, and reality is like shot silk - depends where the light hits.

Longing is all that lasts.

like any Irish mother, I am scar tissue to the bone.

During the summertime, I really like to dress like a gypsy. I love that whole lifestyle and the whole mixing of fabrics and flowy materials.

Have love for your inner Self and everything else is done for you.

Do not try to understand average people. They are poison for somebody who´s in constant action.

When fortune favors fools, it is to punish them for the sake of the wise.

I don't want to be owned by a corporation and obliged to make a certain type of album. I want to be free.

[H]istorians have powerful imaginations, which are essential and dangerous.

But even in your world it’s a byword. Men will fight bravely and be heroes, but for last-ditch defense against any odds… get a Mother.

We . . . exercise on earth the power of our Lord and seek with all our might to bring those sheep of His flock who are outside into the fold committed to our charge . . .

It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest.

The standard has gone up, whether that's down to the split divisions or more professionalism. People are raising the bar and wanting to emulate the England team.

The Golden Globes are fun. The Oscars are Business.