We have spent the best part of the past century enthusiastically testing the world to utter destruction; not looking closely enough at the long-term impact our actions will have.

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.

Union with [True] Knowledge is ‘Principle’ [Established Truth] and union with the three [mind, speech and body] is ‘non principle’ [absence of principle].

For one more time, he decided to give away smoking.And then, she happened one more time in his head.

It may not be pretty, but sometimes justice has to be hard to keep the rest of us straight and safe.

I can do more than just stand-up comedy, and the only way I'll be able to show that is if I do it myself. Because nobody trusts that I can do it.

Any woman who marries an Italian must accept the undeniable fact that she has also married his mother.

You couldn't forget Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Joan Miro either. And it had to be, you know, at least as good or better.

Performing in front of a live audience can be pretty intimidating, so having a full head of hair was important to me.

No one can tell me what is a good cigar - for me. I am the only judge. People who claim to know say that I smoke the worst cigars in the world. They bring their own cigars when they come to my house.

Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.

The Semantic Web isn't inherently complex. The Semantic Web language, at its heart, is very, very simple. It's just about the relationships between things.