“I think that politics needs a bit of spicing up.”

“I'm a little older now and I think I've lightened up a bit as I'm getting older.”

John Banville (1945) Irish writer

“If we are to understand what is going on in Empedocles’s writings, we need to think about the philosophical motives that drive him, and we need to make use of the bits of text we already had before the papyrus turned up.”

Catherine Rowett (1956) Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia (born 1956)

“Whenever I go out with other married couples, I like to bring along a single crackhead. Just to spice things up.”

Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director

“Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I'm taking with me when I go.”

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…

“Now, the Communists recognized at once (or, more probably, after they had stirred things up a bit) that Senator McCarthy is a political godsend.”

Whittaker Chambers (1901–1961) Defected Communist spy

“Dullness is the spice of life. Which is why we must always use other spices.”

David Levithan (1972) American author and editor

“I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

“I think it’s a good idea to tie Peter Mandelson to a van. Such an act would be cruel and barbaric and inhuman. But it would at least cheer everyone up a bit.”

Jeremy Clarkson (1960) English broadcaster, journalist and writer

“She said that's that.
I don't wanna chitter-chat.
Turn it down a little bit
or turn it down flat.
Pump it up when you don't really need it.
Pump it up until you can feel it.”

Elvis Costello (1954) English singer-songwriter