How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind?

In raising a people from slavery to freedom, you have called them to act on a new theatre; and it is a necessary part of your business, to teach them how to perform their parts.

He who thinks to save anything by his religion, besides his soul, will be a loser in the end.

There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage.

I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, my morning incense, and my evening meal, the sweets of hasty pudding.

Icarus should have waited for nightfall, the moon would have never let him go.

Everyone is entitled to making bad decisions from time to time, but the true test is in how you handle things after those decisions have been made.

No one can do in the octagon what I can do. That 'Showtime Knee' - I never even practiced that once.

Little leaks sink the ship.

To Christ we are to be always coming; upon Him always relying; to His precious blood always looking.

Integrity is fundamental to being men. Integrity means being truthful, but it also means accepting responsibility and honoring commitments and covenants.

Comedy, although it is not one of the fine arts - it's a vulgar art, it's one of the people's arts, it's the spoken word, the writing that goes into it is an art form - it's certainly artistry.

You've got to destroy a few lives on the way to where you want to get.

The cynic says, "One man can't do anything". I say, "Only one man can do anything."

My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die.