Always keep a window in the attic open; not just cracked: open.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

It's our founding knowledge that diverts us from the truth

I train and I go home, and when I'm home, I think about training. That's my life every day, and that's it.

I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing.

Artists are the traditional interpreters of dreams and nightmares.

The pursuit of strength is inherently difficult and entirely worthwhile.

Lir said, "It is my right. A hero is entitled to his happy ending, when it comes at last." But Schmendrick answered, "This is not the end, either for you or for her.

I started off as a journalist when I was young and I did not get paid unless I wrote three stories a day.

Little startups are ridiculously overfunded.

There are two things no man will admit he cannot do well: drive and make love.