Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness.

Time's stern tide, with cold Oblivion's wave, Shall soon dissolve each fair, each fading charm.

Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished.

A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen.

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

If I had girls to educate I would not have them learn both music and drawing.

Happiness is not something you pursue, it is a state of mind and a feeling of positivity, within.

Have the courage

I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.

True Wealth is being able to do what I want, when I want. If I can do that, I am wealthy.

Wearing a monkey suit really lets you know where you stand as an actor.

What's funny is we were doing some fire at work the other day and it was reminding me of all the firework I got to do as Havok, because a lot of that was as practical as you could get.

Counting the ones I've co-edited, I guess about 28 or 29 [books I've written].

Even on a $100 million film, people will complain that they haven't got enough money and enough time, so that's always going to be an element in filmmaking.

Christians don't believe that goodness gets you to heaven. Christians believe it's exhausting to rely on your own goodness to please God.

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.