"I would see anything by Antony Gormley."

“The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die.”

“The trouble with the artists this year is they are all obsessed with Twitter and headlines. It feels like they are all getting a bit above themselves.”

Source : "X Factor finals 2011: Simon Cowell warns judges they face axe over plummeting viewing figures". www.mirror.co.uk. October 22, 2011.

“There are surely many legitimate approaches to Biblical literature, and I think that it depends very much on one's experience and temperament which way one deals primarily with Biblical material.”

Source : Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org

“If you’re going to criticize, you should propose,”

“Remember - the fault is in the garment, certainly not the girl. There is nothing whatsoever wrong with the shape of her. Some designers cut their clothes for certain body types and others for others. Occasionally the pattern will make her ***** look strangely square or the fabric will cling in an unflattering way, but Not Cut Well is always the answer, and it has the extremely delightful quality of saving your ***** and being completely true at the same time. Use it wisely.”

“I'm good with telling people what I think, too, but I don't know why people are so content to treat each other poorly.”

Source : Interview with Marah Eakin, music.avclub.com. August 9, 2011.

“We all either work for rich people or we sell stuff to rich people. So just punishing rich people is as bad for the economy as punishing anyone. Let's not punish anyone. Let's keep taxes low and let's cut spending.”

“It was a very proper answer to him who asked why any map should be delighted with beauty, that it was a question that none but a blind man could ask; since any beautiful object doth so much attract the sight of all men, that it is in no man's power not to be pleased with it.”