"People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time."

“Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.”

Source : Alfred Austin (1894). “The Garden that I Love”

“We don't realize how much we create reality through language. If we say that life is hard, it will be hard.”

“With the greatest respect, we do not make the criminal law on the basis of opinion polls. A majority of 9:1 could be in favour of a ban in my constituency, but I would not regard that as conclusive, and I hope that we never would. If we start having opinion polls about all the unpleasant and distasteful habits and customs of some members of society, and suggesting that their findings should be made part of the criminal law, foxhunting would come way down the list, and quite a lot of strange enactments would have to go through the House.”

“You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if we are to be real friends.”

“I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.”

“In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.”

Source : "Are we back to the 1930s again? Here's why we shouldn't panic" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2013.

“Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.”

Source : Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

“A restaurant is a fantasy-a kind of living fantasy in which diners are the most important members of the cast.”