The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better. – Thomas Carlyle
Mans unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite. – Thomas Carlyle
One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO. – Thomas Carlyle
Let each become all that he was created capable of being. – Thomas Carlyle
I was born in the 60s and grew up in the 70s – not exactly the best decade for food in British history. It was horrendous. It was a time when, as a nation, we excelled in art and music and acting and photography and fashion – all creative skills… all apart from cooking. – Heston Blumenthal