Matters of fact, which as Mr Budgell somewhere observes, are very stubborn things.

God designed all Mankind should at all times know, what he wills them to know, believe, profess, and practice; and has given them no other Means for this, but the Use of Reason.

(Those who) impute such actions to God, as make Him resemble the worst of beings, and so run into downright Demonism.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

A daughter,' Rowley scooped up the child and held her high. The baby blinked from sleep and crowed with him. 'Any fool can have a son,' he said. 'It takes a man to conceive a daughter.

The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began to write screenplays when I was in my 20's.

You can't dictate if a character's going to come off as sympathetic to an audience. I just tried to play it as honest as possible.

God's truth is too sacred to be expounded to superficial worldliness in its transient fit of earnestness.

I always wanted to perform.

Inconsistency, incompetence, and lies are all cut short by the ground. It will stop you if you can't stop yourself.

If you're not living I mean really living, you're dead already.

If Words are the Lyrics, and Laughter the Melody, then a Relationship becomes a Symphony.

I never intended to make a living from music. That's the funny thing. I wanted to be a journalist.