The monarchy unites us; the republic would divide us.

The monarchy unites us; the republic would divide us.

The monarchy unites us; the republic would divide us.

You don't want to be hard to look at. Plain very good, hard to look at bad. The plain shall inherit the earth; time is our friend.

Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.

The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is the 'bad' mother, unafraid of a joke and a glass of wine, richly self-expressive, scornful of suburban values, who is, in reality, good.

At sea, I feel comfortable and I come to rest.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.

The best comedy I ever did was when people didn't know who I was.

I think I'm less anonymous than I was.

When I was younger, I went through a lot of different phases. One day I'd be punk rock, and the next I would be tomboyish, and then I would be really girly. I was so weird. My two best friends and I were just crazy and goofy!

'What is your desired salary?' The unwritten rule when it comes to salary is this: whoever proposes a number first loses. When you interview, you should never feel pressured to answer this question. Simply let your interviewer know that the most important thing to you is how well you fit the position.

I come from a very big family from every economic background. Some of the streets I talk about, I've actually walked on because I have family from there. Jamaica has so many contradictions.

It gets harder and harder to succeed and find audiences with the 500-channel universe, the remote control, and people being so trigger happy with that remote control. It just gets harder to get a foothold.

Democracy is not about one party dominating.

I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.

Confrontation was the stuff of daily life.

The whole experience of working on this movie was so fun, and I had more fun working on that than I've had on anything else. I had more fun working than on my days off.

When you first start singing something after you've written it, it has this sort of sparkle to it. And if you capture that, that's luck.

There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one.

You could say that bad typography brought us the Afghanistan war, the Iraq war, the housing crisis and a good number of other things.

I've never been on Wall Street. And I care about Wall Street for one reason and one reason only because what happens on Wall Street matters to Main Street.

I can't say that I wouldn't prefer to make small films, basically because I think they are probably more interesting in terms of the material. But every now and again, it's quite good to do a big one.

If we have the intent to use the military only when needed, then that also becomes, then, therefore, a credible deterrent.

Our highly qualified teachers not only work hard, but they care about each and every student that enters their classroom. I thank you, Montana teachers, for your sense of duty and compassion to our precious future generation.

When you lose something in your life, stop thinking it's a loss for you... it is a gift you have been given so you can get on the right path to where you are meant to go, not to where you think you should have gone.