Obviously, I'm attracted to heavier movies.

I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose...

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher.

William Glasser

Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house.

James Otis

I filmed 'Albatross' before I got 'Downton.' It's a coming-of-age movie about this girl who leaps into this family's life, like a whirlwind. She's ballsy and brash and wonderful, it was such an amazing character to play.

Jessica Brown Findlay

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

Julien Benda

When I got enough confidence, the stage was gone. When I was sure of losing, I won. When I needed people the most, they left me. When I learnt to dry my tears, I found a shoulder to cry on. And when I mastered the art of hating, somebody started loving me.

William Shakespeare

Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.

Joe E. Louis, A Hard Road to Glo

He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites.

Emo Philips

It's an amazing thing to say, 'I'm beautiful,' without feeling like you're cocky.

Christina Aguilera

Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that's because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection.

Richard Dawkins

Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.

Jorge Luis Borges

Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chance to have had other people hurt us. To a younger me this sounded like luck; to an older me this sounds like a quiet tragedy.

Douglas Coupland