The trouble is not really in being alone, it's being lonely. One can be lonely in the midst of a crowd, don't you think?

You're the kind of man my mother warned me about.

If you are a vampire, then a vampire is not the creature of the legends.

Someone needs to drag you kicking and screaming into this century.

Feelings can have a life of their own and you have very little direct control over them, except perhaps to make them worse.

Our vision becomes very narrow when we need things to be a certain way and cannot accept things the way they actually are.

There are no conditions to which a man cannot become used, especially if he sees that all around him are living in the same way.

Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.

I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often I embrace introspection and self-doubt. I wish I could embrace the good things.

If the British are a nation of shopkeepers, Americans are a nation of shoppers.

You remove heavy metals out of the ground and you turn that into tables, and houses and bridges and dreams for people in the developing world. I love doing that.

My mother brought accordion home. She was going to learn to play it so she could teach it and increase her income. And I got fascinated with it, so she backed off and let me do it.

There will be losing years; but if the art of making money is not to lose it, then there should not be substantial losses.

The charm of London is that you are never glad or sorry for ten minutes together; in the country you are one or the other for weeks.