Nothing puzzles me more than time and space yet nothing troubles me less.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

A poor relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

How convalescence shrinks a man back to his pristine stature! where is now the space, which he occupied so lately, in his own, in the family's eye?

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.

Hagrid: Harry -- yer a wizard.Harry: I'm a what?

Inequality saps the economy by draining the buying power of Americans whose incomes have stagnated, forcing them to rely on debt to fund education, housing, and health care.

I do keep getting these bad girl roles. The funny thing is that, honestly, I don't think I'm believable as these aristocratic mean girls. But I do love playing them.

I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

Your most vauluable asset can be your willingness to persist longer than anyone else.

Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.

Naïveté, thy name is me.

I always loved having the chance to disappear in a story. I always was kind of obsessed with that.

Obviously there are different standards and practices that are allowed on cable versus network. You just have to embrace what your network is going to allow.

Our strength is seen in the things we stand for; our weakness is seen in the things we fall for.