According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts.

As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if - to quote Professor Higgins - a woman could be more like a man.

Julie Burchill

The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.

Igor Stravinsky

By providing outstanding economic leadership, this country can wage its attack successfully - and can thereby build the foundations of a peaceful world.

James Forrestal

Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor.

Sri Anandamayi Ma

I was influenced by surrealist poetry and painting as were thousands of other people, and it seems to me to have become a part of the way I write, but it's not.

Kenneth Koch

The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism it's egotism.

Robert Frost

It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! A while back there was a rumor that I was going to do a film with Demi Moore about the takeover of Commodore computers!

Warwick Davis

To love is to destroy. To be loved is to be the one destroyed.

Cassandra Clare

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Khalil Gibran

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

J.K. Rowling

I was a hyper kid in school and the teacher suggested to my mom she needed to do something with me.

Devon Sawa

So Marigold, my love, you've had too much to drink

Tomas Kalnoky