The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves or on whom she simply depends is want of courage.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

Her whole world was in the depth of his eyes.

The golden thread of reason that used to be stretched taut to mark the boundary between the known and the unknown is now routinely disrespected.

We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.

Never make a decision. Let someone else make it and then if it turns out to be the wrong one, you can disclaim it, and if it is the right one you can abide by it.

One of my greatest pleasures is being on the farmland that's been in the family since 1833.

When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates, you have to think, 'You are a complete idiot.'

Alzheimer's caregivers are heroes.

Antichrist Superstar is also about me wanting to grow up and be something that people would adore...instead I grew up and became something that people hated.

Accidents are just from where you're looking; to the ego, it looks like it's miracles and accidents.

I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.