But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty.

I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness.

The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster.

A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion.

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish.

The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

Being gifted needs courage.

Be like a mountain

Philosophy may be blind without science, but science can lack vision without philosophy.

Words make known. But we live in the unknown.

No woman that I know is capable of leaving her child down for thirty seconds. She can't walk away without making sure that everything is absolutely as secure and safe for her child as can be.

Politics need to stop treating women as a special-interest group.

Happiness is a house without a telephone.

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.

My definition of poor are those who need too much. Because those who need too much are never satisfied.

Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade)

In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.