"Le propre des hommes forts n'est pas d'ignorer les hésitations et les doutes qui sont le fonds commun de la nature humaine, mais seulement de les surmonter plus rapidement." -Les rois maudits

"Les infidélités fortuites n'empêchent pas de songer, bien au contraire, à qui l'on est infidèle; c'est même la manière la plus fréquente qu'ont les hommes d'être constants. " -Les rois maudits

"Leurs doigts refirent connaissance, s'interrogèrent et finirent par s'unir, entrecroisés dans ce geste où l'amour se promet plus sûrement que par un baiser, comme si les mains de deux êtres se liaient pour une même prière." -Les rois maudits

"Chacun ne se bat bien qu'avec les armes qui lui sont propres." -Les rois maudits

"La malédiction ne vient pas de Dieu. Elle vient de nous-même et ne prend origine que dans nos propres actes." -Les rois maudits

"Tout acte injuste, même commis pour une juste cause, porte en soi sa malédiction." -Les rois maudits

"A wise man once told me: I don't get it but if that's who you are, don't you dare be ashamed of it."

"Chaque pas doit être un but."

"Honesty is tough but in the end it is the far kinder alternative."

"Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action."

"There have been monsters under my bed for so long. And now when they 're not there anymore, I feel like I have to create them."

"Everyone say secrets keep us close. It's wrong. They tear us apart."

"Rien n'est plus triste que la mort d'une illusion."

"You wanna change but you don't know how. Take my power and both your hands and get your life back. I can feel your pain, I know it cripples you but pain can be a motivator. Pain is a call to action. Pain is essential, just like anger is. Take pain in one hand, and anger in the other. Use them. "

"L'amour ne naît que dans le partage. On ne peut en avoir plus pour soi qu'en le donnant aux autres."

"Trouve en toi l'endroit où est la joie, et la joie vaincra la douleur."

"C'est lorsqu'il parle en son nom que l'homme est le moins lui-même. Donnez-lui un masque et il vous dira la vérité."

I bow to no one in my ambition to see Glasgow be as successful as it possibly can be.

I love opera so much. I would never go back to doing it, but I love to listen - I'm grateful for it.

I do think I'm a character actor.

Like a young eagle who has lent his plume To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom See their own feathers pluckd to wing the dart Which rank corruption destines for their heart

Hard work opens doors and shows the world that you are serious about being one of those rare and special human beings who use the fullness of their talents to do their very best.

Often, writer's block will occur when I don't understand a character or his/her motivations. So I will make notes analysing characters.

I have a lot of trouble understanding all the detail of finance and administration - but if you combine intellectual and professional capacity with a social conscience, you can change things: countries, structures, economic models, colonial states.

People who know Paul Ryan say, 'He will be president one day.'

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

People in north Michigan are not different at all from people in southern Alabama. Trust me, someone who's spent a lot of time in both places. They're all hardworking, simple people.

A mathematical proof is beautiful, but when you're finished, it's really only about one thing. A story can be about many things.

I've done everything. Selling door-to-door fire extinguishers... In bars, I used to repair those machines that have 10 different buttons on them to spray club soda and seltzer.

I think about sustainability all the time, whether it's with fish or farmers in Eastern Oregon.

Life happens, and I write about it wherever I am.

As I've often said, Wisconsin's greatest strength continues to be the dedicated, hardworking people of our state. They go to work everyday, pay their taxes, and raise their kids with good, Midwestern values.

It felt to me like America was always wanting to resolve things too quickly, without thinking through what the costs and consequences would be and how that affects an individual living in that world. Then as I grew up and went about my life, I think I just got more and more interested in that gray area where things are not so easily quantified.

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction.

I may live in London, but I'll go back to the country one day. My dad's an architect, so I would like him to design me a house. I'd love to be in the countryside when I'm older.

Big plays are such a huge factor in the outcome of games. It is so difficult to go the distance on a defense.

I think the Netherlands will become one big city at a point. It is inevitable when you live in a country with so many people. You cannot afford to leave nature as it is. Some people believe that the dunes should be left in their original state, but I think it's strange to let things become how they were 500 years ago.

Nothing surprises me on 'Happy Endings,' because the show - I think one of the awesome things about the show is that it's so open to doing anything. We could do a genre episode. We have the green light to do whatever we want. Mostly because no one's watching.

But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.

The best thing about the Web is the sound of all the individual voices rising.

I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting.