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

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.

My whole philosophy is about playing dress-up.

There is something that Governments care for far more than human life, and that is the security of property, and so it is through property that we shall strike the enemy. Be militant each in your own way. I incite this meeting to rebellion.

The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption.

I'm a martial artist. I've boxed all my life. I work out. I studied Hwarangdo, which is a Korean style.

The freedoms that people have that flow from all civic institutions fundamentally come from the success of a market system.

Each year, in my quaint efforts to send out paper holiday cards with personal messages, I probably discard one for every three I actually manage to put in the mail. The reason is that my handwriting is now less legible than it was when I was in the second grade.

I grew up in South Florida, and my family was pretty poor. We weren't your upper-class whites by any means.

The empowered woman is powerful beyond measure and beautiful beyond description.

It's horrid to be called a Shakespearean actor because that's incredibly limiting, and we love acting. We like telling stories; anything that excites us we want to be a part of. Science fiction is fun, too!

Many of our traditional partners are positioning themselves as strong regional players... Shell is a global player. And as the global gas markets develop... we will be creating a global strategic partnership.

You were not wanted. You were, at best, tolerated. You had to be constantly on your guard, like an animal in a jungle full of beasts of prey. You experienced it all within the short distance of five miles from the gates of St. Peter's to Park Station in the city.

I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me.

I never, ever see myself as a celebrity or famous, so I poke fun at that.

The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence

We must improvise, and we must experiment, and we must do things that might go wrong, and everything we bring - the people and the equipment - must serve us in that goal.

You are lonely I love you I want you to consent to be my wife I will wait but I want you to promise that you will marry me no one else.

I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.

Through all of living have much joy and laughter, life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.

It's a rare man who can guard against beauty.

Families tend to artificially divide the world, imbuing one member with all the attributes and another with all the faults. But it's never that way.

Religious or biblical can sometimes be a little soft, but 'A.D.' doesn't shy away from the violence of the time, the political intrigue. The story is really about the resurrection of faith, which is how the disciples went about keeping the word of Christ. So, they found all kinds of trouble and problems and torture and persecution.

Look, I've done some low-budget movies and I've done some big-budget movies, and the big-budget movies were always kind of disorganized.

Most startup failures result from entrepreneurs who are better at making excuses than products.

I work closely with the printer to get the final print the way I want it.