I live in my house as I live inside my skin: I know more beautiful, more ample, more sturdy and more picturesque skins: but it would seem to me unnatural to exchange them for mine.

I live in my house as I live inside my skin: I know more beautiful, more ample, more sturdy and more picturesque skins: but it would seem to me unnatural to exchange them for mine.

Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.

Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.

The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Dawn came on us like a betrayer it seemed as though the new sun rose as an ally of our enemies to assist in our destruction.

Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.

It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.

I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.

I've had a wonderful career and shared the stage with Vince Gill, who was my second love.

Every time I could possibly be doing stand up, I am.

Stories, as we're taught in journalism school early on, are told through people. Those stories make our documentaries powerful. You can explore someone's culture, you can explore their experience, you can explore an issue through human beings who are going through it.

I eat almonds professionally, and I can't get enough of Yerbe Mate Cranberry Synergy Kombucha!

Every child of Heavenly Father born in the world is given at birth, as a free gift, the Light of Christ.

The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him.

Every successful business, even Google, Facebook, Twitter, started with a combination of manual improvements and friends of the founders using the site.

I love curves; I'm all about curves. I don't have many, which is really sad, but I think the more the better.

Many individual growers now are growing organic fruit, and many are taking it upon themselves to market their own products to the public, as opposed to necessarily going through big processors, although, obviously, the bulk of the fruit still is dealt with that way.

I see myself as British, and I want to be celebrated by Britain.

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God that some of the people out there understand you. I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated.

I really believed that fear is contagious.

My family and I want to start our own organization to work on global warming and a couple of other things.

Radicalism is as British as tea and cakes, as much a part of our make-up as monarchy and football. It will never have its own jubilees, palaces or honours system.

Since I first fell in love with choral music when I was 18 and began composing at 21, I've been listening to these recordings of British choirs. I just fell in love with that sound - that pure, clean, pristine sound - and I think it's probably been the biggest influence on my sound.

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.

Information is valuable. Librarians and libraries are, at best incidental; at worst, in the way.

It took me a long time to be convinced that marriage was right for me because I've come from a long line of broken marriages. My parents divorced, and I had two broken marriages myself.

It was a pleasure to work with Destiny's Child in the beginning of their career. Working in the studio with Beyonce was a lot of fun. She's an extremely hard worker, perfectionist, and a talented writer.

I think there's always this idea in your head, but you have to allow the film to take its own course.

Buddhism is simply a methodology a way of becoming one with the part of ourselves that is happy.

My biggest deterrent to getting the workout I need is just that my days are so full and so busy.