"Looking back now I realise that the worst things that happened to me were the best things in disguise - I just didn’t know how to read the signs."

“Kissing power is stronger than will power.”

“I like to be comfortable.”

Source : "Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Would Like a Nice Leather Jacket". Interview with Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. March 18, 2011.

“I like to tell people that all of our products and business will go through three phases. There's vision, patience, and execution.”

“I had been singing since I was 3 years old, so my love of singing was always there.”

“Waking up is not serious. It is a gentle remembering and an honoring of the present moment as the truth of life.”

“If there is a God, he is a malign thug.”

“I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference. Political debates with my father had been fraught because he was uncompromising and explosive but if he taught me one thing it was to air my views.”

“Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?”