One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.

Grief never ends, but it changes. It is a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness nor a lack of faith: it is the price of love.

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

Men fight wars. Women win them.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.

I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.

God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them.

Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states.

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue

Leaders will love to be poor and see their people rich, than to be rich and see their people poor. This is their mission.

Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning.

Anything that happens, happens.

I do not teach history in my films. I don't have a linear point of view or argument. What I do in my films is to live the human experience; human, whether in Nazareth or anywhere else in the world.

The problem was , you never heard anyone say,"wow, check out the brain on that babe.

Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway.

As Ecclesiastes tells it, a wholesale devotion to pleasure will, paradoxically, lead to a state of utter despair.

I love my home, just playing games and just sleeping. No matter where you go, nothing is better than sleeping.

Many discoveries must have been stillborn or smothered at birth. We know only those which survived.

Everyone has a warped vision of Hollywood and what success in Hollywood is like.