I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

Richard Bach

We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is on that screen people smile.

Paul Reiser

We believe that what we possess we don't ultimately own. God is merely entrusting it to us. And one of the conditions of that trust is that we share what we have with those who have less. So, if you don't give to people in need, you can hardly call yourself a Jew. Even the most unbelieving Jew knows that.

Jonathan Sacks

I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.

Vince Cable

I'm not Jack Nicholson. I'm not Brando. But I do mumble.

Benicio Del Toro

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it.

William Faulkner

Don't cry over someone who wouldn't cry over you.

Lauren Conrad

As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it, or leave it.

Buddy Hackett

To train and educate the rising generation will at all times be the first object of society, to which every other will be subordinate.

Robert Owen

When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'

Iain Duncan Smith

I got fame and fortune, and I lost my sense of reasoning.

Little Richard

Education is the best provision for old age.

Aristotle