The most fundamental winning formula is to bet on human decency and be patient.

You will find that if you really try to be a father, your child will meet you halfway.

The trick to playing second fiddle is to play it like second Stradivarius.

The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair.

We gain no easier advantage than by relentlessly pursuing our goal while others pursue an advantage.

Your clothes smell heavily of clothing. Your den is filled with low-hanging palls of fresh air. The only rattle in your car is the sound of toll change in the ashtray. The absence of telltale tobacco stains on your shirt collar tells the tale - you've licked the smoking habit.

All any child needs is the protection of loving parents and an alternative source of information.