I'm probably a bit of a cheeky grandson, like my brother as well. We both take the mickey a bit too much.

Everybody thinks I drink beer but I actually like cider!

I have to say that I thought search-and-rescue duties over Snowdonia were physically and mentally demanding, but looking after a 3-week-old baby is up there!

There's been a lot of speculation about every single girl I'm with and it actually does quite irritate me after a while, more so because it's a complete pain for the girls.

My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.

That which holds our attention determines our action.

As I learned from growing up, you don't mess with your grandmother.

I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people.

People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people.

He's a blockhead who wants a proof of what he cannot perceive. And he's a fool a fool who tries to make such a blockhead believe.

The thing is with me I look on the brighter side of everything.There's no point being pessimistic or being worried about too many things because frankly life's too short.

Stop blaming people for not helping you. No matter how your teacher teaches you to recite a poem, you can’t wear her smiling face to the platform. You’ve got to put that smile on your own face.

France is the only country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper.

Pearl Harbor was the defining event in my life. It shaped who I am, and all of my hang-ups and my drives, I think, stem from that.

Don't ye know that ev'ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?

Folks who make such a fuss about their rights turn them into wrongs sometimes. -- (from Behind the White Brick)

We’ve been proud of the fact that we were known for our music first and it has been what makes us work harder

Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.

I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God

Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge - they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely.

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.