Thomas Sydenham

The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than of twenty asses laden with drugs.

In writing the history of a disease, every philosophical hypothesis whatsoever, that has previously occupied the mind of the author, should lie in abeyance.

Read Don Quixote; it is a very good book; I still read it frequently.

I don't even know what words to use to talk about the music industry anymore. But the business has changed a lot - the methods of releasing music.

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.

I just love good movies. And not every movie you're going to end up in is always going to turn out right, but at least walk into it with the right intention.