Small, therefore, can we think the progress we have made, as long as our admiration for those who have done noble things is barren, and does not of itself incite us to imitate them.

When times get rough, keep your head up.

She said she married an architect, who kept her warm and safe and dry. She would like to say she loved the man, but she didn't like to lie.

In my world, everything has the potential to be funny. Joyful things, painful things... It's all about how you view it and if you're able to take an objective stance on the situation.

Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.

No one is ever too old, too rich, too poor, to pray.

And in a democracy, when we say we're mad at what's going on, what we need to be saying is we're mad at ourselves.

I learned that if a relationship is honest, it can last through anything despite all the challenges we have to face and everything that happens around us.

A man goes to the movies. The critic must be honest enough to admit that he is that man.

My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.

On the other hand, hope is subversive, for it limits the grandiose pretension of the present, daring to announce that the present to which we have all made commitments is now called into question.