Personally, speaking as a historian and a storyteller, when it comes to inaccuracy in historical fictioneering, I follow the Shakespeare principle: I'm willing to overlook gobs of mistaken detail if the poetic valence is basically correct.

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.

I loved watching AB de Villiers in the early days. I used to follow him closely. I copied him a lot, too. In the nets, I used to at least try some of the shots he played in the matches.

I have never been ambitious and have always gone with the flow.

Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.

I am a serious reader, and I read slowly.

Living and working for four decades in a Bologna apartment and studio he shared with his unwed sisters, Morandi painted little but bottles, boxes, jars, and vases. Yet like that of Chardin and the underappreciated William Nicholson, Morandi's work seems to slow down time and show you things you've never seen before.

Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?

When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band.

When I was younger, I thought once I hit 25, I'd slow down. Nope!

The training flow for the space station is a year-and-a-half to two years.

Fiber and other nondigestible carbs are bulky and tend to slow digestion, which, in turn, eases the absorption of glucose into the bloodstream. When glucose enters the bloodstream more slowly, cells are better able to burn it for energy.

I am getting old, but it works in this job. I'm so slow now that I can't get out of the way of the puck.

I must confess that flowers are my weakness and I love receiving them, especially Indian fragrant flowers - Mogra, Rajnigandha, Sontakka, etc.

I don't really dress up for Halloween.

I remember at a very early age ringing up record labels I found in the Yellow Pages, and asking them for a record deal.

The team has come along slow but fast.

I spend a lot of time bathing in a glow of consensus but you also have to be willing to say something to people who might not agree with you and take the consequences of what follows.

If you feel like an idiot wearing neon yellow shorts, you shouldn't wear them.

Slow growth and inflation have a tendency to accompany large deficits and increasing debt as a percentage of GDP.