"I like to skin up ski resorts and, for me, being blind, that's nice because it's wide open, with no avalanche danger."

“Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.”

Source : Epigram to Robin Gandy, 1954. "Alan Turing: The Enigma". Book by Andrew Hodges, p. 513, 1992.

“If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I'm getting rid of grunge.”

Source : "Blur's war against grunge: could Brits take on US pop again?" by Tim Jonze, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2014.

“There is a diabolical streak in me, a troublesome and inexplicable perversity.”

Source : Octave Mirbeau (1997). “Torture Garden”, Dedalus Limited

“I've always wanted my offering to have broad appeal and work for a diverse range of women with different lifestyles.”

“People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. Can that be called a sacrifice which is simply paid back as a small part of a great debt owing to our God, which we can never repay? All these are nothing when compared with the glory which shall be revealed in and for us. I never made a sacrifice.”

“It wasn't my choice to be an open book, but when people found out what my life was like when I was 14 or 15, I didn't deny it. I think the more imperfect you are, the more human you are.”

“I love the feel of good quality Italian black lace that feels delicate and really feminine.”

“What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.”