If you have to tell them who you are, you aren't anybody.

I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess.

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

Entertainment is all right, but entertainment with an idea behind it is much more important.

It just seems silly to me that something so right and simple has to be fought for at all.

Gregory Peck is the hottest thing in town. Some say he is a second Gary Cooper. Actually, he is the first Gregory Peck.

The emotion is the music and the script is the libretto.

They say the bad guys are more interesting to play but there is more to it than that - playing the good guys is more challenging because it's harder to make them interesting.

In art there is compassion, in compassion there is humanity, with humanity there is generosity and love,' Peters said.

I have tales to tell, but I don't tell them. Discretion. Discretion.

Leaders don't assume. Assumptions are the termites of leadership. Communicate, communicate, and communicate, until you connect.

If a man could make the earth heaven to get you, could also make it hell for you if he couldn't get you.

There is nowhere to arrive except the present moment.

I don't think there's a military solution. If we funnel in more weapons we're just likely to see more of them turned against us by the people we're trying to combat.

I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.

He was the kind of man everyone would fall in love with, even if they didn't want to.

There is no sport in hate where all the rage Is on one side.

I do what I do. Always.

We must endure Adversity Bravely and cheerfully.

I am thrilled to be an Olympian, and I think that although we will be underdogs we can beat many teams and will be a surprise in Sydney.