What is a socialist? One who has yearnings To share equal profits from unequal earnings.

Religion is a way of walking, not a way of talking.

It takes strong men and women to love ... people strong enough inside themselves to love ... without humiliation.

From beasts we scorn as soulless, In forest, field and den, The cry goes up to witness The soulessness of men

The fact is that Americans are not a thoughtful people; they are too busy to stop and question their values.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

I have a tendency, after a play of mine is produced, to look back on it disparagingly, seeing only its faults; before production, I see only its virtues.

Oh, believe me. The greatest egos are those which are too egotistical to show just how egotistical they are.

I been talkin' with my buddy, and he thinks I'm virgin enough fer the two of us.

Of all tyrannies a country can suffer, the worst is the tyranny of the majority.

Oh, yes. I'm terribly smart. Wouldn't it have been nice... to be intelligent?

Love God and He will enable you to love others even when they disappoint you.

It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.

The moon makes love to the ocean and in this holy conception it gives birth to a little tide.

You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again.

Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.

Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.

I live in a flat with 3 women, I call it surround sound. I keep the ugly one behind the sofa as a woofer.

I felt quite a responsibility when I played Elizabeth I but nobody here remembers her! And then I felt a responsibility when I played Queen Victoria but not many people remember her.

A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.

Assurance is the fruit that grows out of the root of faith.