The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work.

To do an evil act is base. To do a good one without incurring danger, is common enough. But it is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds though he risks everything in doing them.

Plutarch

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Tom Stoppard

When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.

Gavin DeGraw

Marc Jacobs is full of creative people and Louis Vuitton is again a name on the door, a name that has existed for many years but I'm a collaborator there and I bring in other people, other artists and I work with a great creative design team.

Marc Jacobs

The age we live in is a busy age in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.

Jeremy Bentham

I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.

Lech Walesa

I return you many thanks for the honour you have done me; but Europe is not to be saved by any single man. England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her example.

William Pitt

We're a nation of laws, but the good thing about America, is that laws reside in the people and people can change the laws.

Rick Warren

I've always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. He's retired now. My brother is a lawyer.

Scott Bakula

One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.

John Galsworthy

Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.

Vince Lombardi

I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didn't stop until she got home.

George Stephen