“I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.”

“I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.”

“I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter that's it. It's a task I love.”

“I wanted to be what my high-school civics and history teacher thought of as a good American. That automatically involved taking an interest in government.”

“Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.”

“I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter that's it. It's a task I love. ”