It's not just how firm a man's handshake is that define him, son. Any fool can have a strong grip. It's the way a man meets your eyes, or doesn't, that tells you who he is. That says whether he's dealing with you honestly or not.

In Spain, when we're successful, we're on the front page of the newspaper. Every newspaper. But when we lose, we're slated, the same as the men. That's the level the game is at.

People always ask me: 'Do you have black in you? Do you have Spanish in you?'

It's not that I lead this oblivious life where I think I've got such a great personality that people want to spend time with me. If someone has a poster of you or asks for your autograph, clearly you can't take them out on a date. It's not that interesting if someone is just interested in you.

Over the years of running Into The Gloss, I began to see a gap in the way beauty companies were creating products and marketing them to women. There wasn't one brand that really spoke to girls like me, who created products for real life. So we set out to create that brand with Glossier.

We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable second-rateness of the people we do know.

A man leads with his mind while a woman leads with her heart.

A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.

Don't judge a man by where he is, because you don't know how far he has come.

I don't read such small stuff as letters, I read men and nations. I can see through a millstone, though I can't see through a spelling-book. What a narrow idea a reading qualification is for a voter!

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.

Don't judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same