We soon believe the things we would believe.

Man proposes, and God disposes.

Nature made him, and then broke the mold.

They think they have God Almighty by the toe.

Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground.

When the devil grows old he turns hermit.

From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.

Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.

We soon believe the things we would believe.

I regret not death. I am going to meet my friends in another world.

The "Axis of Evil" was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well.

Leaving 'NCIS' was not planned, so there is no plan. If I were panicking now, it would defeat the purpose.

For me, Company is still the best way for me to work.

I could pretty much live anywhere in the world as long as I'm with my family.

The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.

I love animals.

Anyone who has ever sat in a train as it rushes through a dark night will know that sometimes there are long minutes when the coaches slide smoothly along without so much as a shudder.

All I care about is winning.

I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.

What happens in a fantasy can be more involving than what happens in life, and thank goodness for that.

But the one thing you should. not do is to suppose that when something is wrong with the arts, it is wrong with the arts ONLY.

Within the narrow confines of Permanent Washington - the journalists, lobbyists, and congressional lifers who are the city's avatars of centrism and continuity - Ford is considered the beau ideal of American leadership.

My major in college was Chinese Studies. It was very intentional.

I don't lift weights at all. Every muscle on my body is for an actual task; there is no muscle that I train for show. If I want to be able to do a certain move or action, I train really hard until I can. And with all of that training comes muscle definition, so it's really an afterthought.

I play a lot of instruments. I write all my own music. I spend hours and hours a day in the studio. I'm a producer. I'm a writer.

I'm not writing fairy tales or object lessons.

My great love is my home county of Cornwall, I love to sit and watch people enjoying themselves on the beaches and in the harbour towns of Cornwall.

I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird.

I call it predicament humor. You don't do anything that cuts the star off at the knees or worse. You make him intelligent; you give him great ideas and great things to do.

I'm a firm believer that lighting affects mood, and twinkly lights on strings bring something magical to occasions ranging from concerts to weddings, though I'm fond of using them as year-round home decor.

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.

One of the things that has really hit home for me is that the world is how we decide it is going to be. Very few things just happen. They grow out of history, and they grow out of the present, and the more we can get a sense of how our actions lead into other actions in the future, hopefully we'll learn to make better decisions.

For me, honestly, it's not about individual accomplishments, individual award. It's about what I've got to do and how I can contribute to the team.

People in London think of London as the center of the world, whereas New Yorkers think the world ends three miles outside of Manhattan.