I have to be seen to be believed.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.

They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.

These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

I have to be seen to be believed.

I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.

To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.

Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.

Like all the best families we have our share of eccentricities of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements

Discrimination still exists. Some people feel that their own beliefs are being threatened. Some are unhappy about unfamiliar cultures. They all need to be reassured that there is so much to be gained by reaching out to others that diversity is indeed a strength and not a threat.

But nothing that can be said can begin to take away the anguish and the pain of these moments. Grief is the price we pay for love.

I am the author of my life. Unfortunately I'm writing in pen and I can't erase my mistakes

I love my refrigerator.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Singing was my first passion. Whenever I sing, I'm always so happy.

Typhoon Haiyan showed the entire world how vulnerable the Philippines as well as other developing countries are to natural disasters.

I write little quotes all the time to help encourage people to come together, like this one: 'If fate happens to toss you a lightbulb, use it to light the path of others, for they will use theirs to light the path of you. With your light together with mine, it's two times as bright and twice as strong.'

You know what they say You cant teach a gay dog straight tricks.

My knee is as strong as it was before, if not stronger, and it's a matter of getting my leg strong. I lost six years of strength in about six month's time, so it's going to take another year or two to get that leg back up to full strength, but I'm good to go so far.

My on-the-court game was ordinary. I had a jumper but needed screens. I could go right but not left.

I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there.

I don't like eating in restaurants.

I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book... and I began putting more work into environmental history.

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.

My biggest break wasn't 'Rent;' it was the first job that ever paid me. I couldn't believe that they were paying me all that money to go around the country and do Shakespeare. I would have done it for free.

I like to say I'm not a hero.

Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed. It matters little, at this point, where the exact truth lies in the maze of perjury, evasion, and of contempt for the normal - hardly inspiring - standards of political conduct.

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.

Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.

I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story.

There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls.

A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren't still there, he's no longer a political leader.

Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.

No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.