A bad penny always turns up.
A barking dog never bites.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
A change is as good as a rest.
A dog is a man's best friend.
A fish always rots from the head down.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A golden key can open any door.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
A good man is hard to find.
A person is known by the company he keeps.
A house is not a home.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
A leopard cannot change its spots.
Race is a layer of being, but not a culmination.
Why can't you have both?
I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.
There's always going to be adversity.
A last-minute winner in front of the away fans - there's nothing better.
An american is a man with two arms and four wheels.
I'm not the grand poobah. I'm not the emperor. That's not what I want to be.
I always felt journalists had a very clear idea of what they wanted to write about me before the interview began.
No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.
My mother died when I was 17, and I moved in with my dad to make a 12-month pig's ear of retaking my A-levels.
I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go.
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
Sometimes you really dig a girl, the moment you kiss her, And then you get distracted by her older sister.
I've been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That's why I'm on social media a lot.
If we're talking about the future (of opera), that's what we need to talk about.
