Some people say Earth is the bottom level of Purgatory.' She pointed toward the floor and frowned.'I call it the top floor of Hell.

You wish for what's called wooing. This customary game, where the man shows the woman that resistance is impractical, strikes me as quite pointless.

True faith in God through Jesus Christ, must be manifested with fearless spirit and obedience to God's law. Joshua 1:1-11

As a human being, I know of no greater example of success than someone who is self-sustaining through using his passion in the service of others.

If something is shocking without being funny it's hard to justify.

If I felt we had alienated the Unionists, it would worry me because we've spent a great deal of time trying to open up discussion and dialogue with the Unionist Parties.

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

Of course you're always at liberty to judge the critic. Judge people as critics, however, and you'll condemn them all!

I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.

I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book.

Curiosity is a self-driven motivation to explore and to learn. Learning is like... you know, you have to take your medicine. And that is what it has become. And that's unfortunate.

How I have walked... day after day, and all alone, to see if there was not something among the old things which was new!