Words deserted him immediately. He could only speak when he was not asked to.

Spoon feeding, in the long run, teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Pathos, piety, courage, they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

My mum, in addition to trying to mutilate me with lobsters, always told me that shy kids get nothing.

You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.

Theater is all about foyers and conversation and digesting what you've seen.

I think people face that in any artistic field, this idea of: oh, I could do that, if I had the time.

I never met Mahatma Gandhi, but, I think everyone felt they knew him even if they hadn't met him.

Pity you can't attach an extra arm to your [broom], Malfoy. Then it could catch the Snitch for you.

I don't have much time for real violence at all. I think there are infinitely better ways of changing the world than using violence. Sitting round a table talking is a pretty good start.

In many respects, I guess I would say I was into Tea Party before there was a Tea Party.

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.

I have friends who have no choice; they came from whatever town, they didn't have anybody in entertainment and they just knew they wanted to act and they did it.