Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

Raising children is an uncertain thing success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

Democritus

All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door. The violence of revolutions is the violence of men who charge into a vacuum.

John Kenneth Galbraith

I have my own theory: ignorance is bliss. The less you know, the more confident you can be in tackling things.

Stephen Richards

Hopefully kids will look at me and see that your dreams can come true.

Roy Keane

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

Edith Sitwell

Begin to weave and God will give the thread.

Proverb

Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.

David Hockney

I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock.

Howard Stern

Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.

Polly Toynbee

I'm more inclined to linger in the science pages of 'The Week' magazine. But my principle obsessions are still watching sitcoms and football.

Alan Davies

You know, it's sort of common wisdom among New York publishers that short story collections don't make money.

Chad Harbach

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.

Epictetus