Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

She felt the depth of her losses before they were realized, and she wondered, Is there still hope? Did she even dare hold on to such a tenuous thing as hope?

Never too late to change your relationship with somebody in your life.

Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.

People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.

When I was shooting 'The Bourne Identity,' I had a mantra: 'How come you never see James Bond pay a phone bill?' It sounds trite, but it became the foundation of that franchise.

In the mere concept of one thing it cannot be found any character of its existence.

The communists pave the way for him (the Jew).

Getting in touch with unmet needs is important to the healing process.

There are many times where even I, at certain points in the evening, after a few drinks, can't pronounce my own surname.

Meaning, not beauty, is what we are after.