"I wish we were alone,” he says. “I almost always wish that,” I say."

“For dhrames always go by conthraries, my dear.”

Source : Samuel Lover (1858). “The Lyrics of Ireland. Edited and Annotated by S. Lover”, p.108

“Your deeper sense isn’t a springboard; it’s a landing place. If you draw conclusions too quickly or too slowly, you’ll establish your self where it doesn’t belong. The fine line between the two is in your own deeper sense. It is in your actual knowing within that deeper sense.”

“When you consider the sheer magnitude of investable equities to choose from in the world's emerging markets, you realize that finding one that looks attractive enough to warrant investing your faith and assets in is as formidable a task as finding a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, researching investment opportunities is a lot more interesting than digging for needles in haystacks.”

“I come out before the matches because it's important the fans see I am in a good mood. When I get to the club, my mood is always lifted. You can be in a terrible mood, but once you are at Fulham, you are happy.”

Source : "Mohamed Al Fayed on why he will always try to run Fulham the right way" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2010.

“Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.”

“"O' course I came to look arter you, my darlin'," replied Mr. Weller; for once permitting his passion to get the better of his veracity.”

“A boy on joining wants to begin Scouting right away.”

“I do not comprehend those rules of conduct that make us so content with self and so cold to those we love. I detest prudence, I even hate (suffer me to say so) those duties of friendship which substitute propriety for interest, and circumspection for feeling. How shall I say it? I love the abandonment to impulse, I act from impulse only, and I love to madness that others do the same by me.”