"C is the assembly language of Tcl."

“Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent.”

“Buildings should not look like Lady Gaga.”

“I guess I am trying to get the point across that all of us are in need of salvation; that we are dead in our spirits and minds and need the grace that has been offered-no matter how good we think we are.”

“Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.”

“I hate that Alex [James] and Damon [Albarn]. I hope they catch AIDS and die.”

“There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.”

“There's a side of me that dislikes feminism. I think we surrendered something and women were unable to reveal any kind of vulnerability.”

Source : "What I know about men". Interview With Lucy Siegle, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2006.

“Saving Italy is an astonishing account of a little known American effort to save Italy’s vast store of priceless monuments and art during World War II. While American warriors were fighting the length of the country, other Americans were courageously working alongside to preserve the irreplaceable best of Italy’s culture. Read it and be proud of those who were on their own front lines of a cruel war.”