"Musical compositions, it should be remembered, do not inhabit certain countries, certain museums, like paintings and statues. The Mozart Quintet is not shut up in Salzburg: I have it in my pocket."

“I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.”

“Be still; quietly remember the presence of and within yourself, and you will know, without thinking, that while all around you everything changes, within you lives something unchanging.”

“What will the U.S. senators have to say if there is, as many over here and in the rest of the world suspect, no substance to the allegations against my father and me?”

Source : "Annan's son: Probe 'a witchhunt'" by Jeff Koinange, Phil Hirschkorn, www.cnn.com. December 13, 2004.

“There are so many sitcoms. So, when you get to be a part of something that feels exciting to you, you just want to be a part of it.”

“What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead.”

“I've honestly been really lucky. My only jobs have been babysitting and acting.”

“Sitting on the sidelines, cribbing and moaning is a lost opportunity. I don’t know how people who engage in that don’t commit suicide.”

Source : "NAMA makes £150m on London deal" by Lisa O'Carroll, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2011.

“You are meant to think before you speak. How many times is your heart involved in what you are doing? Every act should be a spiritual one involving your total being - soul, mind and body - done for the sake of the doing, given for the sake of the giving, worked for the sake of the working, not for the sake of what you can get out of it. The more you do this, uniting all the aspects of your being, the more you will create harmony, balance and peace.”