A very beautiful woman hardly ever leaves a clear-cut impression of features and shape in the memory: usually there remains only an aura of living color

It is when Pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves.

Adventure must start with running away from home.

General jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming.

You need more fact in the dangerous art of giving presents than in any other social action.

Dare, will, keep silence.

The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin.

Adventure is the vitaminizing element in histories both individual and social.

The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your successes-any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your mistakes.

Only the poet has any right to be sorry for the poor, if he has anything to spare when he has thought of the dull, commonplace rich.

We will never have Fascism in England; no Englishman will dress up, not even for a revolution.

Discipline leads us to desire, which matures into delight.

I don't get to the global issues or anything like that. I am just trying to be silly.

I've always loved writing. Doing that at the same time as playing music can be tiring.

Make a beautiful mess and clean it up later.

I grew up in New York in an English-speaking environment.

Since retiring I have spent a lot of time with my family, on my boat, and playing football.

Native people such as the Cherokees are just as human and complex and real as Americans are, and our nation needs to respect American Indian cultures and traditions.

I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings.

Powerful women are the most interesting to play.

In high school I definitely had a clique of friends. And what I loved about it was that we were healthy and good girls.