Do not let the endless succession of small things crowd great ideals out of sight and out of mind.

Self-education is the only possible education the rest is mere veneer laid on the surface of a child's nature.

New Day…new opportunity to be grateful for what we have, not bitter for what we don’t.

For me, the audience is the most important thing in the whole chain, so finding out how they respond to things is a learning curve at all times.

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

I think track records are very important. If you start early trying to have a perfect one in some simple thing like honesty, you're well on your way to success in this world.

No more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris.

I am pushed by my critics. I don't want to say I want to prove them wrong, but it pushes me on the field to play with a chip on my shoulder, and I play best when I have a chip on my shoulder.

The past has always been the handmaid of authority.

I get grumpy about the innate conservatism of our tastes; I love bold theatre, and I get annoyed when a heritage piece is really successful.

All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.

I don't know. I never smoked AstroTurf.