The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.
For trash and toys, And grief-engend'ring joys, What torment seems too sharp for flesh and blood; What bitter pills, Compos'd of real ills, Men swallow down to purchase one false good!
I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.
Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys.
Heav'n is not always got by running.
Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret.
Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it.
I think it's inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been in this country.
The question in brief, is whether democracy and freedom are values to be preserved or threats to be avoided. . . democracy and freedom are more than values to be treasured; they may well be essential to survival.
It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder. [Fr. , C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute. ]
Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie. The new ones are exciting because they're fresh. But if it's not that, if the story is not what you get into, maybe it's the crowd response. You hit the first chords of 'She's In Love With The Boy' and 20,000 people start to scream, you're pretty motivated. You get what you need. And it's a great story. It works.