He could not see a belt without hitting below it.

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head.

He could not see a belt without hitting below it.

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.

He has a brilliant mind until he makes it up.

What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

His modesty amounts to deformity.

From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.

We have been frustrated that there are a number of incumbents in Maryland offices who have been in office for years and years and show no movement or desire to pass the torch.

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.

Magicians disappear all the time, but as soon as a regular person does it, everyone is all scared. "Tom's gone!" "Is he a magician?" "No." "Then let's print up some flyers!"

Learning what all you can overcome as a person, as a human being, is very important. It's very important to understand your strength. Which is not to say you become hardened or bitter.

It's only through Christ that we can take full advantage of God's mercy and forgiveness through repentance in Jesus' name.

I could live naked... I love it.

The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.

Often times, I'm surprised by what I'm writing or what I'm playing, and then that inspires me to keep going with it, so it ends up being a very adventurous process.

I'm pretty comfortable stripping down to my underwear, as long as there's respect around me.

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.

The only black battalion on Iwo Jima was a small munitions supply unit that came to the beach.

I accepted an offer to do a concert for the reopening of the Mall of Memphis.

It is near thirty years since He made it sure; and since that time, though there has fallen out much sin, yet I was never out of an assurance of mine interest, nor long out of sight of His presence.

I'm not in the most comfortable position, but I think my government is very stable, perhaps more stable than any government in modern Israeli history.

The news in Europe, West and East, is still showing America in flames, flood, etc. Cities are shown underwater; befuddled American officials are shown trying to explain why we are winning the war on terrorism.

My outfits also need to be low-key. I'm a huge fan of boots, sandals, jeans and tank tops! Anything I can move in easily.

After 9/11, we did see Palestinian terrorism in the context of all terrorism.

I think the core of Jaime Lannister is actually that final line in the pilot when he says, 'The things I do for love.' He might do horrible things - and they are truly, some of them, horrific. There's no excuses. But he does it out of what he sees as a necessity, out of love.

You have to know you can first. How comes later.

Making movies is a very different experience in a lot of ways. It's difficult when you're used to owning the copyright and having a landlord's possessory rights - I rent my plays to the companies that do them and, if I'm upset, I can pull the play. But the only two directors I've worked with are pretty great.

There are great things that Britain can do in the future as a progressive beacon. By voting Leave, we have that opportunity.

The German physicists knew at least so much about the manufacture and construction of atomic bombs that it was clear to them that the manufacture of bombs in Germany could not succeed during the war. For this reason, they were spared the moral decision whether they should make an atomic bomb, and they had only worked on the uranium engine.

My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire.