Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.

William Butler Yeats

Panem et Circenses translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.

Orson Scott Card

The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water is indescribable in its evocations of innocence and delight.

M. F. K. Fisher

I am at home in many cultures. I live actively in three continents and I've done that for most of my life, so I just make films as I see the world, and that happens to speak to people. I do things that I want to do.

Mira Nair

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.

August Strindberg

It is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods, tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before criticism, which is regarded as a malignant tumor in the imagination.

Edward Dahlberg

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.

J.K. Rowling

Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark.

Germaine Greer

Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once.

W. C. Sellar

I talk to myself, especially in the car.

Chris Pine

It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness fill their hosts with joy and assurance.

Michel de Montaigne

From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other.

Alan Rickman