What is either a picture or a novel that is not character?

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

This thing of being a hero about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.

He is educated who knows how to find out what he doesn't know.

I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him.

Sounds like you've got it all planned out." "Honey, I've got more plans than Wes has ugly shoes." "And that's a lot." I laugh. "It sure is," she says with a sigh.

If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.

Everybody improvises their way through every day. And so I do that with music.

It's terrifying to be the lead. There's a moment of excitement, and then pure terror.

I introduced myself to Scorsese and I said, "If you need someone to do craft services, I'm there."

When you do children's TV or one episode [guest] stuff, you have to listen, which is also a great thing to learn. But you don't have individual input.