"All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress."

“There is a mighty lot of difference between saying prayers and praying.”

Source : John G. Lake (2009). “John G. Lake On Healing”, p.154, Whitaker House

“Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.”

Source : "Ian Astbury on the Death of the Rock Star". Interview with Mick Stingley, www.esquire.com. December 27, 2013.

“Survival first, then heartbreak.”

“I became hugely overweight and then hated myself because it was a form of self-abuse, something over which I had no control. I think the thing compulsive over-eaters want to achieve is that stuffed-full Christmas afternoon feeling.”

“I have been devoured all my life by an incurable and burning impatience: and to this day find all oratory, biography, operas, films, plays, books, and persons, too long.”

Source : Margot Asquith (1933). “More Memories”

“I smoke wherever there's an ashtray.”

“I've paid for more pianos in hotel lobbies than you can imagine.”

“I think best in a hot bath, with my head tilted back and my feet up high.”