"Ideas will be the major source of new wealth."

“Now from the smooth deep ocean-stream the sun Began to climb the heavens, and with new rays Smote the surrounding fields.”

“There's a market for mysteries for adults. That feeling of opening a book and delving inside and not coming out until you've closed the book.”

“Foresight is not about predicting the future, it's about minimizing surprise.”

“A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.”

“A man nearly always loves for other reasons than he thinks. A lover is apt to be as full of secrets from himself as is the object of his love from him.”

Source : Ben Hecht (1954). “A child of the century”, Signet

“A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.”

“I get recognised a lot. If there are a load of school kids together, they'll shout at me, but I'm quite good at giving grief back. I give as good as I get.”

Source : "Konnie Huq: If I show my cleavage people make such a fuss". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. November 30, 2008.

“Love is one factor - but not the only on - that God uses to promote the permanence of the marriage bond.”