The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to an idealised past.

The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are 100 million people with mobile phones. In total, 300 million Africans - five times the population of Britain - are in the middle class.

David Miliband

No one should be rich except those who understand it.

Johann von Goethe

All of us, who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

I've crashed my car three times.

Billy Joel

This is the team. We're trying to go to the moon. If you can't put someone up, please don't put them down.

NASA

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

Dale Carnegie

My family was all born in Sicily and I'm Italian-American. They're the real thing. They're authentic Italians, and honestly they're the most open-minded, nicest people in the world and nothing can really offend them. That's the way I think true Sicilians are.

Vinny Guadagnino

I'm essentially a momma's boy with a good education.

Tom Sizemore

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.

Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of R

You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.

Jean Cocteau

By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago.

Mark Spitz

Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.

Victoria Principal