The past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you.

Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened.

The best mind-altering drug is the truth.

The proposal is the only thing that the guy has control over in the entire wedding deal. It is your one chance to make this moment stand out, not only for you, but for her.

The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done.

I respected [Margaret Thatcher] enormously. She had great integrity in that respect.

Mitt Romney is the guy who said corporations are people. No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people.

What we call people so often distances us from them, and makes them little.

I'd pick - my father would bring home about six newspapers. We had 10 in Boston at the time.

I consider it a great honour that my movie Drive inspired so many wonderful artists to come together and create one ultra-cool glam experience.

Benign neglect, bordering on sloth, remains the hallmark of our investment process.

No one should waste a day.