It is said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things and himself of anything.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

Anxiety is the interest paid on trouble before it is due.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about 100 years before he is born.

Public opinion: a vulgar impertinent anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for any one of us who is not content to be the average man.

There are two kinds of fools: one says 'This is old therefore it is good' the other says 'This is new therefore it is better.'

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

The enemies of Freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.

The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states - Israel Athens Florence Elizabethan England.

What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute.

Time does not create changes, wisdom does. Your wisdom decides the quality of your decisions.

For a chance with you, I can wait.

There is a proper balance between not asking enough of oneself and asking or expecting too much.

I'm just the annoying person who's like "Hi! My name is Alanna! Do you want to chat?"

When power is for sale, then government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.

I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible, to write anything of length.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

I'm always looking for inspiring ways to stay motivated and stay active.