"There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick."

“You can go to the pictures or read a book, but football constantly comes back into your mind. It's not a job, it's a life. It takes up your time, thoughts and energy and it can damage relationships with those around you.”

“It's always wonderful when something altogether wrong ends right, without the help of either religion or the police.”

Source : Ludwig Bemelmans (2006). “When You Lunch with the Emperor: The Adventures of Ludwig Bemelmans”

“Any ballplayers that played for me on either the Cardinals or the Yankees could come to me if he were in need and I would give him a helping hand. I made only two exceptions, Carl Mays and Joe Bush. If they were in a gutter, I'd kick them.”

“What kind of a man thinks it's appropriate to give his soon-to-be bride a lethal weapon for a wedding present?”

Source : Victoria Laurie (2012). “Lethal Outlook: A Psychic Eye Mystery”, p.11, Penguin

“To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.”

“Love, the simplest, strongest, and most unforgiving of all emotions.”

“All great music is in one way or another psychedelic.”

“When I became the chair of the British Film Institute, I didn't understand how much of my time would be taken up with trying to make a case for the British Film Institute: what it's for, why it exists, why it needs its money.”

Source : "Abbas Kiarostami". Guardian interview at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.