Liars are always most disposed to swear.

Liars are always most disposed to swear.

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

A usurper always distrusts the whole world.

First thoughts are not always the best.

Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.

Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.

To err is human but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

Liars are always ready to take oaths.

Liars are always most disposed to swear

History may someday record that the Arab awakening that began with the Arab revolt of 1916 against the Ottomans ended about a century later with a whimper.

Victory must be assured in advance. And the American public must be all for it from the outset.

Alchemy is really the secret tradition of the redemption of spirit from matter.

Barack Obama and I have an honest disagreement on the issue of abortion.

Prepare your hearts as a fortress for there will be no other.

We are deeply conditioned against unconditionality because we've been told in a thousand different ways that accomplishment always precedes acceptance, that achievement always precedes approval.

Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

Turkey shares Europe's fundamental values of democracy and the rule of law.

I think part of the fun of being an actor is getting to work with different directors and seeing their take on it, what they're passionate about. They all have different ideas about your character.

I'm very, very fortunate to be in the job that I'm in, and I would love for it to continue forever, but it won't. I have to financially and emotionally prepare for the day that 'Mad Men' will go away, because who knows what my next job is going to be?

I try not to put my purse on the floor - demons will get into it.

I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.

It's an interesting but useless bit of information that every single character in 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' wears a wig, and many of them wears a prosthetic - false ears, feet, hands. In my case, nose.

Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work I did in England, I continued to be seen simply as a Redgrave. I did feel I could be who I am in New York and we all like to feel appreciated.

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like.

Well, I think the golden rule I can think of is the fact that you must follow your passion and do something that's close to your heart. And I think that that's very important, well, to be successful and to be happy.

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.

Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. 1 have to - to balance the family ticket.

If you think of having a family as being loved as a child, cared for - I did not experience that.

The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition.

If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever you do, do not accept or take the upgrade to the honeymoon suite.

My son was born somewhat late in my life and I just found myself really feeling like I didn't want to miss out on being a parent and being with him, and not wanting a situation where I was constantly pulled back and forth between being present, and having all these other pressures and considerations.

She would have been a very remarkable woman, if she had not been an old maid.

It's kind of fun to hear that other people deal with the same kinds of issues that you do.