“I would go back to the past and watch one of the early Beatles shows, because they were such a massive part of cultural history. As a younger person, you feel you missed out on that.”

What i do in my personal time is about me. if other people dont agree, then it doesn’t matter ‘cos it’s my opinion and that’s what counts at the end of the day.

I’m gay. It’s pretty unfortunate.

There’s nothing that annoys me more than people being horrible to my mates.

I like someone who doesn’t take life too seriously. I hate people who are a bit uptight.

I can make your tears fall down like the showers that are British.

To be honest, I don’t think I’m the best role model in the world. I’m pretty immature sometimes.

I can’t really cook, but the first dish I ever made was for my girlfriend, Eleanor. I made chicken breast wrapped in ham, homemade mashed potatoes, and gravy.

Live life for the moment, because everything else is uncertain.

Fans always tell me I’m beautiful, but no one will ever be as beautiful as them

And remember people: you might not be plastic, but you are fantastic!

If you wanna go somewhere, you can do; nothing is stopping you.

One time, Niall sat on the floor for hours trying to find a way of putting his M&M’s in alphabetical order.

Those sound like the three best answers I’ve ever heard on this show even though it’s the first ever of this show!

It’s incredible to have people show their support when your doing something you love.

I’m not great with money. I’d go crazy if I were left to my own devices. My mum and girlfriend sort it out. I’m not driven by it, but I love to be generous.

Even if there’s a tiny tiny chance, isn’t that worth going for it?

The essence of a field is that the cultural accommodates the natural there.

We lack a political culture, a culture of compromise. We in Poland, as well as the Hungarians, have never learned this sort of thing.

I realized I had some cultural capital to spend, and I wanted to use it to introduce another author who might be considered a risk by conventional publishers. Michael Noll was at the top of my list.

People who share that commitment can collaborate across cultural divides.

A cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible.

Development is not about factories, dams and roads. Development is about people. The goal is material, cultural and spiritual fulfilment for the people. The human factor is of supreme value in development.

We will see that the greatest problem confronting civilization is not merely religious extremism: rather, it is the larger set of cultural and intellectual accommodations we have made to faith itself.

Any social or cultural change has to be made openly and with people agreeing. You don’t get there by just pushing an outsider’s point of view.