It's almost inevitable there's going to be an escalation on both sides.

These issues are so important. I just felt the best thing to do right now is contribute and go forward.

It could potentially be a very competitive race.

It's almost inevitable there's going to be an escalation on both sides.

Black women know that we've got to take care of it - so we take care of it. It's just embedded in us.

I'm glowing in the dark with my studio tan. I've been in a cave of music for months and months and months.

In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.

When you talk to yourself, at least you know that someone is listening.

Sometimes words are like water and lips as strong as wine.

My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.' I loved it. Especially the rocket ship, which I later realized had no airlock and no washroom. But they managed to get to Mongo with it.

He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

We can't have a failure in Iraq, but we also can't be there for the next 10 years because if we are, it's going to become, I think, a failure in and of itself.

I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing Saddam Hussein to acquire his weapons will only grow with time.

No one is depressed when theyre being chased by a bear.

The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events.

No one wants to kill Schengen, but if it is only a fairweather system, then it cannot survive.

There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle

The subject of gambling is all encompassing. It combines mans natural play instinct with his desire to know about his fate and his future.

I did 'Never Let Me Go,' and there were amazing people on that. Brilliant writer, director, cast. That was quite special.

In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will.

Whether shes casual or red carpet shes put together.

Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.

Test cricket is bloody hard work especially when youve got Sachin batting with what looks like a three metre wide bat.

In New York you've got to have all the luck.

I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper.

I don't want to bore people or myself - to be busy is something to be grateful for, but to be busy doing diverse work is absolutely... I wouldn't change it for the world. I feel very lucky for that.

And luckily therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again and it is all about good tactics skills and reflexes instead of simple power.

I could prove God statistically. Take the human body alone - the chances that all the functions of an individual would just happen is a statistical monstrosity.