We give the podium to a lot of people who shouldn't have the podium. The message that's delivered the loudest and in the most entertaining way is the one that we're going to put on because that's what...

You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming.

People didn't think animals thought or remembered or had minds! They most certainly do: any pet owner knows more than a lot of scientists about animals.

There's nothing worse than bad scatting, except maybe bad mouth trumpet. Mouth trumpet may sound like a trumpet, but it's really more like playing a kazoo. The instant you do your solo, the audience...

It is not because we are drawn to prayer that we first begin to pray; more often, we have to begin prayer, and then the taste and the desire for it come.

In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.

There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises.

I have no idea what goes through people's heads when they first see me. 'Wow!' or 'Ugh!' More 'Wow!' I hope.

Tennis is a great platform for me to do well, and for sure, I want to be No 1, to win Slams, but there are more things that I want to do.

I should have contended in more. But there have been things that have got in the way of a nice smooth career.

If my characters travel somewhere, I generally write about a place I know to give the scenes more authenticity.

'Harry Potter' gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else.

I prefer to play in Spain than in the Premier League. Spanish football is more aligned with my qualities.

Arendt did have a certain snobbishness, though in some of her writing she expressed more democratic attitudes.

You could say that as I've gotten more mature, I've acquired more manure.

I compose my own stuff. I've been writing songs with words. I've been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose it to sheet music on the computer.

Basically, I'm more confident in my whole game.

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

Personally, I'd like us to have a few more women on the 'Today' programme.

I think I'm a little more mature than the average guy.

No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then...

Yes, I believe pets help you a lot in terms of keeping healthy physically and in a more emotional way.

I became an actress because my mom wanted me to become an actress. It took me until my mid-30s to realize I actually didn't. I actually wanted to write and direct and be more involved in politics and...

My daughter Mira's first media experience was with the first-generation iPad more than five years ago. Her speech therapist used this with her to encourage her to talk, as she was speech delayed. I...

I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.

I know I'm a better bowler and create more chances if I get a batsman indecisive in defence.

I'm more into graphic novels than comic books.

Writing something down that I'm struggling with makes it feel less scary or more manageable.

It just means a lot more to me than most fights to fight and beat a guy like Shogun.