After that his Majesty was beheaded, the Parliament for some years effected nothing either for the publick peace or tranquillity of the nation, or settling religion as they had formerly promised.

I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments.

Of my infancy I can speak little, only I do remember that in the fourth year of my age I had the measles.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

If people suspect their Cattle Bewitched, if they be great Cattle, make the twelfth house their ascendant, and the eleventh their twelfth house, and vary your Rules with Judgment.

After my mistress was dead, I lived most comfortably, my master having a great affection for me.

In the seventeenth year of my age my mother died.

Ambition hath but two steps: the lowest, blood; the highest, envy.

In this year 1634, I purchased the moiety of thirteen houses in the Strand for five hundred and thirty pounds.

Once you realize what you really are, you cannot be stopped.

This is a sport where you get your ego checked on a regular basis, whether it's in the cage or it's at practice.

Look into the mirror of the world, and you will see only yourself.

Allah will support the just state even if it is led by unbelievers, but Allah will not support the oppressive state even if it is led by believers

There is no God, there is only what you want.

Films tend to argue in favor of whatever they show.

Party action should follow, not precede the creation of a dominant popular sentiment.

My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's "I Remember Sky." It's probably the saddest song of all time I sing it to myself in the mirror. No, I am kidding. That's the joke.

Just imagine if I would have come back to Germany with a victory. I had nothing to do with the Nazis, but they would have given me a medal. After the war I might have been considered a war criminal.