"I like to read the bible in public places where people are watching me read it. And I like to mumur out to myself: 'Bullshit!'"

“After what seemed like an eternity, we finally reached the summit just as the sun was rising. I couldn't believe that we had actually done it. We were standing at the highest point in all of Africa, looking down at the clouds below us, with the sun directly in front of us, its rays welcoming us to the beginning of a new day. It didn't seem like this was something that humans were meant to experience, yet here we were”

“I like the 'Cirque du Freak' books - 'Tunnel of Blood' by Darren Shan. They're set in England. It's about vampires.”

Source : "Jamie Waylett Talks About Being 'Crabbe'". Interview with Marie Morreale, www.scholastic.com.

“Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.”

Source : English Social History ch. 18 (1942)

“I never lost my belief, in the midst of setbacks which were not spared me during my period of struggle. Providence has had the last word and brought me success.”

“Music is a very personal and emotional form of communication.”

“Only people of proven character should be placed in positions of spiritual leadership.”

“In 1995, sanctions led Sudan to cut its ties with terrorists and expel Osama bin Laden.”

“I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.”

Source : T.S. Eliot (1950). “The Cocktail Party”