"That is my ambition, to have killed more people-more helpless people-than any man or woman who has ever lived."

“The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.”

“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, a picture is not worth a thousand words. We found some pictures that are worth 500 billion words.”

Source : "What we learned from 5 million books". TEDxBoston Talk, www.ted.com. July 2011.

“I know how mirrors work. They're all in league with the cosmetics trade. They tell a woman lies. Drawing her gaze from one imagined flaw to another, until all she sees is a constellation of imperfections. If you could get outside yourself, borrow my eyes for just an instant... There is only beauty.”

“The best songs I write in 20 minutes.”

Source : "I can't completely let go of drugs - and I don't want to" by Mat Snow, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2006.

“It turns out that conservationism can be fun, with the news that the Norwegian red king crab - which weighs in at an impressive full kilo of juicy crabby goodness per shell - must be eaten as much as possible, because it's scoffing all the other fish in Norway. In fact, it would be remiss of all of us if we didn't eat as many of these buggers as we possible can every week because they now provide a genuine ecological threat to fellow marine life. So, c'mon vegetarians. Let's see how much you really care about the environment.”

“A concert is always like a feast day to me.”

“An automobile has about 10,000 moving parts, right? An airplane has two million, and it has to stay up in the air.”