There's an old saying,'It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools.' It's usually the player who misses those three-footers, not the putter.

There are no absolutes in golf. Golf is such an individual game, and no two people swing alike.

Golf is a game of misses, and the winners are those who have the best misses

Golf, more than most games, has a number of clichés, often successfully disguised as 'tips'. Watch out!

Be beautiful for yourself, Janie. And only if you want to. If a man is worthy of you, he’ll see more beauty in who you are than in what you look like.

Listening to classical music is a journey not a state; it's an activity not a meditation.

In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed.

Peacekeeping works in some situations, but it very often needs other ingredients. Peacekeeping is not the aspirin of international security.

A lot of people are not meant to be together.

So actually, there could be parents-of-the-parents-of-the-parents-of-the parents?

If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.

Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love.

Rest is a fine medicine. Let your stomachs rest, ye dyspeptics; let your brain rest, you wearied and worried people of business; let your limbs rest, ye children of toil!

Russia must realise its full potential in high-tech sectors such as modern energy technology, transport and communications, space and aircraft building.