Quotes by British authors

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again"

"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best"

"We pay when old for the excesses of youth"

"Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain in late May or June. There's something very powerful about finding snow in summer"

"We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types"

"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives"

"How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete"

"The children don't wear their masks at home and in controlled surroundings"

"Press coverage has been difficult for him. I did not set out to ensnare him with a child"

"Michael Jackson has some contact with his mother. I know she is involved with the children"

"It's terrible. How can we tell the world who the real Michael Jackson is?"

"It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it"

"It was a challenging experience. I'm looking forward to a break"

"If somebody's not prepared to answer the question, you can keep asking"

"I never saw anything that would qualify as a criminal activity"

"I have an inate curiosity about people"

"I don't think his life has been in any way disfigured by the film. The film did disclose some difficult facts"

"How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?"

"Does anyone remember laughter?"

"You can't give up something you really believe in for financial reasons. If you die by the roadside - so be it. But at least you know you've tried. Ten minutes in the music scene was the equal of one hundred years outside of it"

"We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal. Does anybody remember laughter?"

"People say that I'm a millionaire, but that's not true - I only spend millions"

"Old men do it better. We're not so sensitive in certain areas"

"No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know"

"My vocal style I haven't tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today"

"It's sort of a feeling of power onstage. It's really the ability to make people smile, or just to turn them one way or another for that duration of time, and for it to have some effect later on. I don't really think it's power... it's the goodness"

"You know, people can't fall in love with me just because I'm good at what I do"

"You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying"