Death submits to no one.
Wit, who never once Forgave a brother, shall forgive a dunce.
Genius is of no country.
Nature listening stood, whilst Shakespeare play'd And wonder'd at the work herself had made.
A joke's a very serious thing.
Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.
The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.
When you're a kid, I think you want to be a film star. And I'm not as enamoured with that any more. The reality of that life is a lot of travel, and a lot of being away, which is impractical because I have four children, so I don't want to be away that much, not the other side of the world away.
Curiosity is a self-driven motivation to explore and to learn. Learning is like. . . you know, you have to take your medicine. And that is what it has become. And that's unfortunate.
I think the media has been in denial just like the party regulars have been in denial. They just don't understand that the government that we have today is not what the people want as a government.
You don't comb the mirror, you comb your own hair and the mirror changes.