I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.

For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.

I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

Everybody grows but me.

The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself.

Being married gives one one's position like nothing else can.

I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

On Alcohol: Total abstinence is an impossibility and it will not do to insist on it as a general practice.

Just close your eyes and think of England.

I assign myself no rank or any limit, and such an attitude is very much against the trend of the times. But my world has become one of infinite possibilities.

I'm perfectly happy doing nothing. I'll hang around the house and take the dog to the park.

The economy needs thriving, job-creating small businesses, but excessive and ill-considered regulations too often get in the way of growth.

Intelligent policies will be largely self-regulating in the sense that the system of incentives and standards makes it absolutely ludicrous to not move towards clean, internalized systems of cost and production.

The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

Previous first ladies seemed to feel the need to wear a sort of uniform, whereas Michelle Obama likes fashion and is very comfortable in fashion. She's happy to mix high and low, and she loves emerging designers. That will do nothing but good for our industry.

Zeb was kindergarten teacher—a good one. I always thought it was because he was the same emotional age as his students.

I'd like to do more stuff with less sarcasm.

God gives me the children's ministry heart and patience. This is what He wants. It's awesome. I don't know where He's gonna take it - but God is building this thing.

My first western was 'Death Hunt' with Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin; that was where I learned to ride. The movie was based on a true story about a guy that eluded the Mounties in Canada. We were in Canada for six weeks riding horses.

I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

I think that art is supposed to be ahead of the times.

Once I got married and had kids, I moved away from romantic roles, because it seemed wrong to have my three-year-old wondering why Daddy was kissing someone else.

I think it's counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don't. You surround yourself with people who are the real experts.

No matter what I do, I'll be forever known as the Manson prosecutor.

To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.

It is always fair sailing when you escape evil.

I always assumed I'd spend my life happily performing in artsy-fartsy little theaters.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

Women are especially sensible in matters relating to tipping: fair but not foolish.

Comedy. It was just huge in my house. Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, Monty Python and all those James Bond movies were highly regarded.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.