It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words, like 'What about lunch?' Alan Alexander Milne
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being. Alan Alexander Milne
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. Alan Alexander Milne
The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief – call it what you will – than any book ever written. It has emptied more churches than all the counter-attractions of cinema, motor-bicycle and golf course. Alan Alexander Milne
Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering. Alan Alexander Milne
I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch': as I have always wanted to escape. In vain. Alan Alexander Milne
Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject. Alan Alexander Milne
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first. Alan Alexander Milne
I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar – hide in the back and just play. Kurt Cobain
Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book. L'Wren Scott
The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity. U Thant