“In the earliest days, make-up and moralising were intertwined. The 'co...” — Susie Dent Quote

“In the earliest days, make-up and moralising were intertwined. The 'cosmetic slops and washes' of the 17th and 18th centuries aimed to smooth complexions and revive a woman's 'bloom' - but their critics were never far behind.”

“Booze' was once a popular term in the slang or 'cant' of the criminal underworld, which may explain its rebellious overtones today.”

“I remember as a child of five or six lying in the bath marvelling at the different languages displayed on the shampoo bottles around me. From that moment on it was always words not numbers that held a fascination for me.”

“We must well grow the valuable seeds, which the great Comrade Kim Jong Il sowed to build an economically powerful state and improve the people's livelihood, and lead them to bloom as a glorious reality.”

“I met Elijah Wood once, I met Peter Jackson, I met Orlando Bloom, and they're all really cool.”

“Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers; they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books.”