Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes!

For all that has been, Thanks. To all that shall be, Yes.

I have no illusions about my looks. I think my face is funny.

I think [Albert Camus] wanted to write something to explain who he was, and how he was different from the age that had been conferred upon him.

My earliest memories as a child are listening to Beatles records, and they are a big part of how I've learned to write pop songs.

I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.

In 'real life' everything is diluted; in the novel everything is condensed.

Indy car racing is much more aggressive.

Some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint - like a heartbeat. And pure love - why, some days it's so quiet, you don't even know it's there.

If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don't understand that.

It's very, very rare in this business [moviemaking] where a script lands on your lap ready to go.

Perseverance and perspective until victory.