“Every positive value has its price in negative terms. And you never see anything very great which is not, at the same time, horrible in so...

“It is a pity, as my husband says, that more politicians are not bastards by birth instead of vocation.”

I like some of Mel Brooks stuff and yet find other material by him tedious. However, the movie Life Stinks , in my view, is brilliant. If y...

Back when my daughter lived with me, I was invited to a 21st birthday party by one of her friends. My daughter, however, uninvited me on th...

“My religion is very simple - my religion is kindness.”

”If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

Today’s speech is a departure from movie speeches.  It is a speech with which many will be familiar, the commentary by Herbert Morrison of ...

Each generation has its own name and description: Lost Generation (1883–1900) Greatest Generation (1901–1924) Silent Generation (1925–1...

“A lie can be half way around the world before the truth has got its boots on.” Said in 1975, before the internet.

"The future starts today, not tomorrow."

“Have you learned lessons only from those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great le...

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”

“Pile it high, sell it cheap." - Business motto of Sir Jack Cohen, founder of the UK supermarket chain Tesco.

Made in 1995, The American President is a romantic comedy with Michael Douglas portraying US President Andrew Shepherd and Annette Benning...

There is many a time that I have commented that the lyrics of Bob Dylan or Billy Joel should be taught in schools as poetry. No doubt many ...

"Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine."

“Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many la...

“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.”

To John Browne, Minister of Sport, who was proposing a 110 per cent tax deduction for contributions to a Sports Foundation:\ "Now li...

“Rock ‘n’ roll is the most brutal, ugly, vicious form of expression - sly, lewd, in plain fact dirty … rancid smelling aphrodisiac … the ma...

“I’ve always wanted to see a ghost town. You couldn’t even get a parachute to open here after 10.00pm.” Max Bygraves endearing himself to ...

In response to a request for some lyrics from Leonard Cohen, I present for your enjoyment the lyrics of Leonard Cohen's The Old Revolut...

"History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history th...

In 1835, the Irish Roman Catholic leader Daniel O'Connell attacked Benjamin Disraeli during a by election (which Disraeli lost, he not ...

I have previously mentioned the ability of country & western songs to both tell a story and deliver a life message in a 3 minute song. ...

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

Morgan Freeman portrays Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding in the 1994 flick Shawshank Redemption, a story set around young Andy Dufresne, sentenced ...

'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' ...

“I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I bel...

Meanings in We Didn't Start The Fire : 1949: Harry Truman 1884-1972, 33rd President of the US, for the years 1945-1953. Became Pr...