The great thing about the 600,000 people who bought the last record, they bought it because they liked it, because they heard it was good. It got no radio airplay at all in America, and the sense of achievement you have in selling 600,000 albums is pretty amazing
Neil TennantThe red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.
Charles LambMark Waugh's a great friend of mine and he's got to make a few quid somehow, even by joining you blokes [in the media].
Shane WarneI've tried surgical spirit, Friar's Balsam and urine in a bucket - dip your hand in it. they are all pretty similar; they toughen the skin.
Graeme SwannHe turned and punched me in the face so hard that I fell flat on to the concrete... I think he knew who I was.
Grace Adams-shortThe trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.
Warren E BurgerFashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back on bad and good alike.
Eric BentleyA lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
Jacques Yves CousteauSailing is just the bottom line, like adding up the score in bridge. My real interest is in the tremendous game of life.
Dennis ConnerYes I had a part in Preston splitting up but then there was obviously problems in their relationship anyway.
Chantelle Houghton"The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental."
Montserrat CaballeIf I'd have been among the fans I'd have been abusing people as well. [on losing to Swansea 3-0!]
Neil WarnockTime goes, you say? Ah no! Alas, Time stays, we go. (The Paradox of Time)
Austin DobsonIn the Russian papers today it said that I didn't respect her [Sharapova] as a player. I was really upset this morning.
Anastasia MyskinaGreen fingers are the extension of a verdant heart.
Russell PageIf I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry
Eleanor RooseveltTo be honest, it's a bit of a relief not having to be the party animal for a change.
Sara CoxWe're good friends. I adore him and have a lot of time for him, but he's really not marriage material. He's out there and not ready to settle down [on T4 presenter Steve Jones]
Sarah HardingCowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.
John GayCreative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business.
Leo BurnettI get called Cube every day but once I got called LL Cool J. I mean, don't just call me the first rapper name that comes into your head!
Ice-TI am very grateful to Blue Peter for the opportunity it has given me and am very sorry that I have let everybody down
Richard BaconRules of Football: No. 3 - Kicks must be aimed only at the ball.
J C ThringI have a lot of fans who are people of colour. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally.
Wes CravenRead, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.
Christopher MorleyMusic hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
William CongreveReal generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
Albert CamusThe truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.
Tom StoppardI don't want to snog old men, with their yellow horrible teeth, old crinkly skin and hairy moles.
Cilla BlackShe sits in the corner, trying to draw air out of a room which seemed to have plenty just a few minutes ago and now seems to have none
Stephen KingShe came straight on to the set from one film, and was going straight off to the next. And she was fantastic. So self-possessed and connected [on Keira Knightley]
Matthew MacfadyenTo say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.
Max BeerbohmIt was late in the afternoon in the spring of the year 1630; the hilltops of the south of Scotland were covered with masses of cloud, and a fierce wind swept the driving rain before it with such force that it was not easy to make way against it
George Alfred HentyI have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honour for me. There's no better time to try this than now.
Michael PhelpsBefore, beside us, and above
The firefly lights his lamp of love.
Reginald HeberWe went from looking like the Dog and Duck to Real Madrid
Ian HollowayShe always injects a small quantity of fluid with her bite - what if the parasites get into the system in this manner
Ronald RossThe difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
Victor BorgeThose decisions cost us three points and possibly £50m. Dowd by name, Dowd by nature....the only thing consistent about these fellas is their inconsistency.
Paul JewellThe librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant.
Melvil DeweyThe law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
Martin BuberWords mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Maya AngelouMum comes in and says 'I'm working out,' and she'll just be standing there naked doing a dance.
Kelly OsbourneEvery manager dreams of a job like this [the England job] and I will be sure to learn English within one month.
Fabio CapelloIt is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheThe winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.
Dennis WaitleyThe computer is a moron.
Peter F DruckerNearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.
J R R TolkienBodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerWhen the domesday book was written, little did they know the ideological impact it would have henceforth for all of time.
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