The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.

Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year?

In my day, there were things that were done, and things that were not done, and there was even a way of doing things that were not done.

The great thing about history is that it is adaptable.

Robert Vavra is one of these artists, part magician, part alchemist, who is able to create a series of photographs in unforgettable compositions. Only visible are the dunes, the blinding fields of flowers and the vast sky, the epic intimacy of Robert Vavra's vision.

The stupidity of a stupid man is mercifully intimate and reticient, while the stupidity of an intellectual is cried from the rooftops.

I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.