There's nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something.

The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.

All the time I feel I must justify my existence.

You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that.

I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet.

Christianity was literally born in the Middle East, and we must not forget our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters in Christ.

Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?

A large number of us have developed a feeling that architects tend to design houses for the approval of fellow architects and critics, not for the tenants.

Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.

Conservation must become before recreation.

I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents.

Politics is motion." John Sears

Nature is not tailored to man. It exists for itself.

If you have a dream, it's definitely achievable through hard work, through dedication, sacrifice, everything.

The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things.

I didn't even know my bra size until I made a movie.

The evening news made her wonder if God was dead; the morning sun made her believe He wasn't.

When given the choice, we’d all rather be happy now … even if that guarantees we’ll all be sad later.

I never expected to be even busier at 81, and doing more of what I love, than when I was 30.

I wanted to make a name for myself.

Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth.