I hope there have been times when I made you all proud, or made you all smile or at least piqued your interest in this wonderful institution we call government.

I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.

And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad.

It is not about the money. It's the public service aspect. Absolutely, I think it has qualities of redemption. The city gets a second chance. I get a second chance.

What does the world teach you? It teaches you (to do) egoism. Then, from that egoism, arise many many phases!

In any story where solutions to mysteries are found, there should always be at least one mystery which remains unsolved.

There's no work so tirin' as danglin' about an' starin' an' not rightly knowin' what you're goin' to do next

If you've never mistyped your password, it isn't complex enough.

In many ways, my entire graphic novel career was a long diversion. Originally, all I wanted to do was to be an underground cartoonist and maybe bring out a groovy underground mag.

I never thought I would have an opportunity to act in the United States, and continue to expand my career outside of Europe. To be honest, my reality is bigger than I would have ever dared to dream.

I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other.

You see, the chemists have a complicated way of counting: instead of saying "one, two, three, four, five protons", they say, "hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron."

Always Postpone Meetings with Time-wasting Morons

I love the acting community at Cambridge. It's really quite committed and serious, since the days of Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen right through to Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie.