He has that uncanny ability to be dangerous and pull the public in [on Michael Barrymore]
Les DennisOn Natalie Imbruglia: 'She's the kind of girl you could either rob a bank with or take to church.'
BonoMy knowledge of gardening has increased with age, although I'm not as active with the spade and fork as I used to be.
Terence ConranThe 880-yard heel and toe walk is the closest a man can come to experiencing the panges of childbirth.
Avery BrundageThe right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.
William O DouglasWhat do they know of cricket who only know of cricket?
C L R JamesJesu, good above all other,
Gentle Child of gentle Mother,
In a stable born our Brother,
Guve us grace to persevere. ('Jesu, good above all other')
Percy DearmerI look at the incident and it was just a ridiculous fluke but it was reported as a mistake, as my fault [after the goof]
Paul RobinsonI want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the community. I want something not just to invest in. I want something to believe in.
Anita RoddickOn supermodels: I don't let those women anywhere with me. I'm very selfish, and I hold myself in the highest regard.
Lara Flynn BoyleOne of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
Josh BillingsIf it came to singing the national anthems, I'd probably sing both of them [on an Englishman being appointed to a job for Scotland]
Terry ButcherDivorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations.
Susan FaludiObservation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.
Amos Bronson AlcottWe know we're going to have to fight for every single yard in the field
Jonny WilkinsonSuch a nice man - that was the defining quality of him, a genuinely nice man. And he had no real ego. [on Richard Whiteley]
Ken BruceOn her relationship with Kym Marsh:
'Contrary to what everyone thinks, there had never been this almighty fight, half of me wishes there had been because then we could have made up. Instead we were both just reading the stories in the press, which weren't true, and filling in the gaps ourselves. You're bound to get it wrong - and we did. Kym said, 'Well I heard you said this' and I said, 'Well I heard you said this' and then we both burst out laughing because all of it was so made up'.
Myleene KlassWomen never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old. (A Taste of Honey)
Shelagh DelaneyI want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.
Martin Luther KingReally big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.
Thomas J WatsonPennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
Margaret ThatcherThe most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words.
Suzanne Curchod NeckerI long for the day when advertising will become a business for a grown man. [Looking at adverts on TV these days it is probably going the other way]
Howard GossageI never had to choose a subject - my subject rather chose me.
Ernest HemingwayIt did not last: the Devil howling 'Ho!
Let Einstein be!' restored the status quo.
Sir J C SquireIf love is shelter, I'm going to walk in the rain.
AnonymousThe World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
Saint AugustineThe surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
Robert BenchleyI've told them they have to support England and if they don't, they won't be getting a ticket. [on his parents watching England]
Sajid MahmoodAs a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all, and thus would have been at the mercy of the Prefect
Egar Allan PoeHonestly, I'm not excited at all right now. I'm having some issues off the court, just growing up, and I'm just taking it day by day. I'm trying to get back into it right now.
Ashley HarkleroadIm my profession you have to mystify the enemy.
Viscount Montgomery Of AlameinI'm envious he got there before me - I love the show so much [on Ricky Gervais role in the Simpsons]
Mackenzie CrookMan is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
Eric HofferWhen people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
Eric HofferIf you do not change the direction in which you are going, you will end up where you are headed.
ConfuciusThere are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. - Life and Human Nature
Logan Pearsall SmithThe first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.
John JakesThe most crucial location in space and time could be here and now.
Sir Martin ReesThe historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
Pope John Paul IIYou're not a star until they can spell your name in karachi
Humphrey BogartThese terrorists attacked without warning on 11 September 2001. They have attacked in Madrid, in Jakarta, in Morocco.
This is a worldwide war against ideals. There is no separate peace to be made with terrorism.
They are after our way of life and we have to deal with them. There is no other way other than with strength. [on the London terrorist attack, 7th July 2005]
Condoleezza RiceI did it with the hand of reason [after smashing a photographer's car]
Diego MaradonaThe world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.
Francis PicabiaOld age is when the liver spots show through your gloves
Phyllis DillerI went over to say no hard feelings, but she [Jan Ravens] stormed off. The next thing I knew her husband was pushing me in the chest. I couldn't believe it.
Craig Revel HorwoodGod wills, Man dreams, the Work is born.
Fernando PessoaThere is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.
Harold WilsonThere is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won't stand for that.
Steve MartinOne must know oneself, if this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.
Blaise Pascal
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