The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton.

Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.

Ask any man what nationality he would prefer to be, and ninety nine out of a hundred will tell you that they would prefer to be Englishmen

If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible.

So little done, so much to do.

You are an Englishman, and have subsequently drawn the greatest prize in the lottery of life.

When people praise you, don't let it go to your head. When they criticize you, don't let it go to your heart.

Pure philanthropy is very well in its way but philanthropy plus five percent is a good deal better.

Man begets, but land does not beget.

I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.

Wherever you turn your eye—except in science—an Oxford man is at the top of the tree.

A house filled with books is source of knowledge.

Nobody in my family ever thought that I'd a be a model.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone.

The things she most wanted to tell him would lose their meaning the moment she put them into words.

Here in Barcelona, it's the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of admiration - not a bunch of half-witted monarchs.

When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.

The stock market has predicted nine of the last five recessions.