In 1854 I took out a patent for puddling iron by means of steam.

In order to keep pace with the influx of work I had to take on fresh hands.

My father was always anxious to give pleasure to his children. Accordingly, he took me one day, as a special treat, to the top of the grand old tower, to see the chimes played.

Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect.

Time passed by. I had furnished steam hammers to the principal foundries in England. I had sent them abroad, even to Russia. At length it became known to the Lords of the Admiralty that a new power in forging had been introduced.

OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us.

But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy.

Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy.

From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition.

In 1854 I took out a patent for puddling iron by means of steam.

In course of time the Brothers Cowper removed the manufacture of their printing machines from London, to Manchester. There they found skilled and energetic workmen, ready to carry their plans into effect.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.

I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President.

A lot of times songs are very much of a moment, that you just encapsulate. They come to you, you write them, you feel good that day, or bad that day.

There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory.

Marriage, like a submarine, is only safe if you get all the way inside.

You know, there was a time, just before I started to study physical science, when astronomers thought that systems such as we have here in the solar system required a rare triple collision of stars.

I write about sex, not love. What do I know about love?

I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard.

I really like even numbers, and I like heavily divisible numbers. Twelve is my lucky number - I just love how divisible it is. I don't like odd numbers, and I really don't like primes. When I turned 37, I put on a strong face, but I was not looking forward to 37. But 37 turned out to be a pretty amazing year.

I can relate to somebody wanting to have something to believe in.

Nothing could be more dangerous than following the popular maxim whereby it is the spirit of the law that must be consulted. This is an embankment that, once broken, gives way to a torrent of opinions.

I don't want to slam the cute and fun movies out there, but it gets old.

My focus will be a strong and growing economy - so everyone who wants a job can find one.

A laugh's the wisest, easiest answer to all that's queer.

Dreams don't come true, they are true.

My wife and I had children when we were children ourselves.

Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of movies.

That rifle on the wall of the labourers cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.

Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader be the experiencer. I do not want to be there. It is not even a walk we take together.

I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.

One of the things I learned is that you've got to deal with the underlying social problems if you want to have an impact on crime - that it's not a coincidence that you see the greatest amount of violent crime where you see the greatest amount of social dysfunction.

My beauty routine is basically plenty of sleep and lots of water.

I'd never managed anyone before, so I don't have a lot of experience. But I'm lucky - I have a lot of team members who have a really honest relationship with me.