...after rare beef and wine, when the lobes turn red, was the time to ask favours or tell bad news.

Painting, it is true, was undergoing a series of -isms reminiscent of the whims of a pregnant woman.

You may feel that you have eaten too much...But this pastry is likefeathers - it is like snow. It is in fact good for you, a digestive!

Boshafte Wahrheiten sind nur dann gut, wenn kein Fremder sie liest.

I wanted the fairytale.

How are the mighty fallen!

We want peace and development in all 10 states of South Sudan - we don't want military backing.

These people are trying to shake the will of the Iraqi citizens, and they want us to leave...I think the world would be better off if we did leave.

Giving people a hand up, not a handout, is the way forward.

The wonder of imagination is this: It has the power to light its own fire.

One only has an adventure when one makes a mistake, but [as] my grandmother used to say: "You don't have to get out of trouble if you don't get into trouble."

The best thing to break is a contract.

Give it an understanding, but no tongue.