“A great statesman, like a good housekeeper, knows that cleaning has to be done every morning.”

“Hold back your mind from pride, for pride comes only from ignorance. The man who does not know thinks that he is great, that he has done this or that great thing; the wise man knows that only God is great, that all good work is done by God alone.”

“I wake up every morning and think: You know what would be good today? Not dying.”

“Our soldier's hands are clean; he knows his hard service ... and has no other aim but the good of the nation.”

“My first wife was a great housekeeper. She kept both houses.”

“Morning has broken,
Like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken
Like the first bird.”

“Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.”

“There's no such thing, like a female with good looks who cooks and cleans.”

“Every morning I walk like this around
the pond, thinking: if the doors of my heart ever close, I am as good as dead.”

“I feel sorry for James Blunt, he has to wake up every morning and think 'Oh my God, I'm James Blunt, what have I done?”