I am free in performing an action if I could have done otherwise if I had chosen to.

Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.

Beauty has wings, and too hastily flies, and love, unrewarded, soon sickens and dies.

If I am asked 'what is good?' my answer is that good is good, and that is the end of the matter.

Now, in my opinion, a woman has no business with Power-Power admits no equal, and dismisses friendship for flattery. Besides, it keeps the men at a distance, and that is not always what we wish.

Faith goes out through the window when beauty comes in at the door.

All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

'Tis now the summer of your youth: time has not cropped the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them.

Ay, rail at gaming - 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern.

The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand.

Can't I another's face commend, Or to her virtues be a friend, But instantly your forehead louers, As if her merit lessen'd yours?

Our common humanity is neither a rationalization nor a deduction. It is as much a given as our nationality.

In the beginning, there was nothing. And then BOOM! Universe.

It's cool when people know you more, but I like people to treat me regular when they see me. I take pictures. I don't really be big on people looking at me.

On film sets I can see everyone, and I really still find that so difficult.

It is not enough to take this weapon out of the hands of soldiers. It must be put into the hands of those who will know how to strip its military casing and adapt it to the arts of peace.

I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon.

I want my work to create space where people can meet God, rather than give them something they can "apply" to their daily life.

Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. They are paid for by funds taken away from the citizens.

The time is right to mix sentences with dirt and the sun with punctuation and rain with verbs.

I think that special relationship between the UK and the US has been an important part of security across the world particularly to the West.