The sense of smell can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back pictures as sharp as photographs of scenes that had left the conscious mind.

One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards.

Scents bring memories, and many memories bring nostalgic pleasure. We would be wise to plan for this when we plant a garden.

Today I am sure no one needs to be told that the more birds a yard can support, the fewer insects there will be to trouble the gardener the following year.

Once we become interested in the progress of the plants in our care, their development becomes a part of the rhythm of our own lives and we are refreshed by it.

Anyone starting to garden... would be wise to look around carefully and see what grows well in other people's yards.

I'm no good at cooking or music, but I've always known how to garden. Nobody ever taught me; I just absorbed it. Some families are churchgoers or sports fans. We gardened.

Did he bleed?Well, of course. He took on a human form. That always makes them vulnerable, becoming human.

Music is the major form of communication. It's the commonest vibration, the people's news broadcast, especially for kids.

What's really hit me over the years is that you go to every race and see all the well-wishers, and you really feel like you are connected with people after all these years.

My English is not very good-looking.

No noble man ever hated good wine.

Ann Romney... looked to me like a corporate wife. The stories she told about struggles - eh! It's hard for me to believe. I mean, she's a very rich woman, and I know that, and America knows that.

The best user experiences are enchanting. They help the user enter an alternate reality, whether it's the world of making music, writing, sharing photos, coding, or managing a project.

The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms.

Do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day, do what young people all over the world are dying to do: vote.

Cinema, for me, has always been something like music composed with photographic images.