"It was Matisse who took the first step into the undiscovered land of the ugly."

“You think the two of us and a slummy motel make for a dangerous combination?”

“What's the matter? What's the antimatter? Does it antimatter?”

“I have great family and friends that do not treat me like Queen Latifah. We've all grown with this thing, they have sacrificed part of there anonymity; they've had to deal with rumors and things in the paper and they've had to take this ride along with me and they've taken it and we've had a good time.”

“Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words.”

Source : Leonard Mlodinow (2012). “Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior”, p.117, Vintage

“Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.”

“Big deal... the only cats that don't have three legs are the ones with two through zero legs.”

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”

“I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it.”

Source : "Paul Merton: 'Am I allowed to call myself working-class now?'". Interview With Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2011.