"But to be quite oneself one must first waste a little time."

“I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.”

“I literally in the New York flea market - just when I was despairing of ever having a great serendipitous find - found a 1926 Chanel.”

Source : "A life in Vogue: Hamish Bowles". Interview with Wendy Donahue, www.chicagotribune.com. May 16, 2014.

“You wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth or love or freedom, you do everything to gain some right, and once it's gained you take no pleasure in it.”

“It's funny because if you ever ask anyone in England to try and do a Beatles accent, no one knows what they really sound like. If you ask anyone in America, they would try and give it a go. English people just know their songs.”

Source : "Aaron Johnson Interview NOWHERE BOY". Interview, collider.com. Ocotber 6, 2010.

“Scholars have been arguing for a long time whether the Soviet Union could have been turned into some kind of social democracy. I doubt it myself. I think what Gorbachev didn't quite understand, until it was too late, is that his efforts at change unleashed new, certrifical forces he hadn't counted on. He opened the door a crack and a huge wind blew it open.”

Source : "David Hoffman on 'The Dead Hand' and End of the Cold War". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. September 21, 2009.

“Plural marriage is not essential to salvation or exaltation.”

“I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.”

“Under the lean system, any tools which are required for solving problems are used.”

Source : Source: blog.deming.org