As never before does the keeping of our economic machine in tune depend upon wise policies in the administrative side of the government.

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The best mirror is an old friend.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

Just as typography is human speech translated into what can be read, so photography is the translation of reality into a readable image.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

Just before my 16th birthday, Natalie Dormer said to me, 'As soon as you turn 16, you're going to work adult hours. People will try take advantage of you, so it's important not to be a pushover.'

Our job is not the harvest, our job is the seed.

The point of being in a band, for instance, isn't to get big; it's about enjoying playing shows.

When you live your life in alignment with a purpose that is centered on selflessly adding value for others, opportunities become abundant and your life becomes fulfilled.

I am of use to the younger artists through the advice and criticism which I give them.

The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice."

Every Catholic is one good Confession away from potential sainthood.

I don't go by the rule book

People seem to trust you more when you're pregnant. I think they see you as some kind of Mother Earth figure.

And Brooke Elliott is a great actress.