I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else.

The devil's voice is sweet to hear.

Stephen King

The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.

Sir Winston Churchill

Before big bridges, deep tunnels and the advent of health and safety regulations, there were many ways to cross rivers. They would use rowing boats, rickety rafts or in the absence of a vessel, swim or wade. Everyone knew what a stepping-stone was. They all understood that it was not something that you would want to stand on for any length of time. It was a means to an end, an important point and a route from A to B.

Johnathan Cainer

Moonlight, white satin, roses. A bride.

Angela Carter

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy for friendship's sake.

William Blake

Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.

Vicomte De Chateaubriand

I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me.

Temple Grandin

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.

Aldous Huxley

Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.

Vanessa Redgrave

Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, and thou art wedded to calamity.

William Shakespeare

When it comes to the president, we have to respect him, we have to protect him, and we have to correct him. And in my career, since he'd been on the national stage at least, I've had - I've always respected the president.

Tavis Smiley

I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Ronald Reagan