Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.
The greatest gift children can give you is that, for the first time, you're not the center of your own universe.
You can win a talent show and be so famous that you can't walk down the street, but no-one knows you next Monday.
All the rich families who used to own all the British estates have gone bust because their children have blown their money.
Oh my God, I could watch Jennifer Coolidge for hours.
London is the most multicultural, mixed race place on Earth. And I love that. I grew up in a neighborhood in London where English wasn't necessarily the first language - maybe because of that, I love to travel. Every penny I've ever saved has been spent on airline tickets to different corners of the world. I think that's partly from growing up in London. I've taken that bit with me - this ability to fit in with any culture and be fascinated and respectful with any culture all started from growing up in London.
The two cities I've found very hard to leave in my life were New York and Buenos Aires.
In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within yourself a large number of qualities, the qualities of an artistic creator, a calculating practitioner, a cold calm competitor.
I think this is an exciting time where we can actually get a compromise between Democrats and Republicans, and we have to for this country. Now, I think we need not only to balance the budget in the future but we also need balance in the budget.
I'm from a big family - I'm the youngest of seven - and my wife is one of four. So we always wanted a lot of kids. It's what we're used to, and for us it's what life is all about.
California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.