"It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first, to make a good beginning, and not spend time with many words before coming to the point; secondly, to say that which belongs to the subject in chief, and avoid strange and foreign thoughts; thirdly, to stop at the proper time."

“Stealing a man's wife, that's nothing, but stealing his car, that's larceny.”

Source : James M. Cain (2010). “The Postman Always Rings Twice”, p.20, Hachette UK

“Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.”

Source : Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.133, Shambhala Publications

“I used to empty the studio out and throw stuff away. I now don't. There will be a whole series of dead ends that a year or two down the line I'll come back to”

“The most radical act anyone can commit is to be happy.”

“Philosophers have often looked for the defining feature of humans — language, rationality, culture, and so on. I'd stick with this: Man is the only animal that likes Tabasco sauce.”

Source : Paul Bloom (2011). “How Pleasure Works: Why we like what we like”, p.52, Random House

“For every citizen that was robbed, I had failed.”

“I know the situation of the Commonwealth generally, and I know that the aim should be to make the Commonwealth much more relevant to the poorer countries.”

Source : "Interview with Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad". Interview with Sue Onslow, commonwealth-oral-history-project.blogs.sas.ac.uk. February 11, 2015.

“I am a better cook than I am an actor. If I have any ego, it's about cooking. I'm one of the best cooks... and I cook in any language.”