A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.

We will not have failure - only success and new learning.

Were women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surely perish without male protection.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them.

Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

Just close your eyes—and think of England.

Beware of artists, they mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous.

I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must dislike these masculine occupations.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Stop comparing yourself to others. Always strive to improve yourself to become better today than you were yesterday to serve those around you and the world.

This is the day which the Lord has brought about

There is no "right" way--only the way that is put before you.

I've been very, very lucky in my career, in my life - from day one. When aspiring directors say, 'What's your advice?' first I say, 'Be born the son of a famous director. It's invaluable.'

By faith I accepted Him for what He claimed to be, the Son of the Living God. That simple decision changed my life, and I have seen it change the lives of countless others across the world.

There's nothing inherently interesting about being a drunk -- in fact, quite the contrary.

(The psuedoscience of planning seems almost neurotic in its determination to imitate empiric failure and ignore empiric success.)

Hopefully I'll be successful with the singing, but there are so many other things I want to do, like acting. I'll do them one at a time first!

Tea - that perfume that one drinks, that connecting hyphen.

It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath.