"rain is one thing the British do better than anybody else."

“I speak of the war as fruitless; for it is clear that, prosecuted upon the basis of the proclamations of September 22d and September 24th, 1862, prosecuted, as I must understand these proclamations, to say nothing of the kindred blood which has followed, upon the theory of emancipation, devastation, subjugation, it cannot fail to be fruitless in every thing except the harvest of woe which it is ripening for what was once the peerless republic.”

“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”

“If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.”

Source : Biography/Pesonal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“gossip ... was like any other commodity in the marketplace. You received it only if you had something of value to give.”

“I think the hardest part is figuring out what to say no to because the whole start of your career is just begging anybody to let you perform or to contribute music to something. Then it's like turning on a faucet because the moment it's on, people are like, "Oh, you can do stuff? All right. Well, you want to do it every single thing?”

Source : Source: www.slate.com

“You can drink out of Lincoln's nose. They got the Hard Rock t-shirts. They got Elvis, too.”

Source : Song: Souvenirs, Album: Something Up My Sleeve

“If heartaches and tears and shadows of doubt are part of the deal you can count me out but if your talking about a game I can win You can count me in”

Source : Song: Count Me In, Album: Did I Shave My Legs For This?, 1996

“Don't try to beat the goalkeeper...Tr y to destroy the goalkeeper.”