The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.
I did not want to be labelled 'the designer who survived the atomic bomb,' and therefore I have always avoided questions about Hiroshima.
My mother has a very chic sense of style, but she also has high expectations for her clothes to be functional and practical.
If I have an antipathy for any class of people, it is for fine ladies. I almost match my Husband's detestation of partridge-shooting gentlemen.
I like to choose my own way forward. I really do want to create something that I personally like a lot.
Like a typical Gemini I'm changeable, I can be two different types of people. I can be very outgoing, but sometimes very shy.
I used to spend all my school holidays cycling around, so all this training has made me feel like a kid again.
Much as I loved doing 'The Big Breakfast,' it almost became automatic. I need something to keep my brain ticking over, something that I have to concentrate on.
Everybody thinks if you do one thing, you can't do something else. So I like the fact that I can be versatile if I want to.
Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady.
For me, it's a compliment to be compared with Marilyn, the unforgettable actress, the most beautiful one of all. But, curves aside, we have very little in common.
Women want to wear what they do because of what goes on in their heads. Their size and shape have practically nothing to do with it.
When someone comes forward and is an individual, such as a Lady Gaga or a Katy Perry, people respond to them because there is that sense of innocence. It's obviously dress up and theatre.
I am probably more critical of myself than anyone else, I am very tiny - 5'1 and a half inches - so there's nowhere for weight to hide.
I see wrinkles and lines, and wear glasses to read, which I hate. But I am in a better place in my body than I used to be.
To modernize their sleeping habits, [Peter the Great] declared, 'Ladies and gentlemen of the court caught sleeping with their boots on will be instantly decapitated.
I think a lot of people have a vision of L.A. in which TV executives and movie directors plan their latest productions by the swimming pool.
With over 70 licensees, not sure if there is much left. Maybe oxygen? Ed Hardy is unique in that we have a broad range of products and something for everyone.
I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her greatest hits.
When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his.
You are everything you should be, and all that is enough. Be proud of who you are, and love who you will become.” – Lady Lalaigne to Nhakira, “Chosen
