“I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if ...” — James M. Barrie Quote

“I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.”

“We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.”

“You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.”

“For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.”

“Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.”

“Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that.”

“Trout plus bacon is one of civilization's greatest formulas; it always equals pleasure.”

“I've never had Nutella and I don't like bacon!”

“I'm a big fan of Jamie Oliver, and I've got all of his books. His recipe for peas with white wine and bacon is one of my favourites.”

“There's the Bacon society, which is fostered by his fourth wife Helen Bacon, but I don't know what kind of performances his music gets. He wrote symphonic music and some chorale music.”

“Nobody has Francis Bacon on their walls in their house - or very few people - but sometimes people listen to Beethoven as though it was background and a comfort, and I think that is very dangerous.”

“I can't be the only one who watches 'Footloose' and hopes that John Lithgow will stop Kevin Bacon ever dancing again.”