It's true that heroes are inspiring, but mustn't they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of their name? Would Wonder Woman matter if she only sent commiserating telegrams to the distressed?

Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy.

Sir Richard Steele

Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.

John Milton

The difference between e-mail and regular mail is that computers handle e-mail, and computers never decide to come to work one day and shoot all the other computers.

Jamais Cascio

I imagine that yes is the only living thing.

e. e. cummings

A lot of people say that comedy doesn't travel well. I found it very accessible.

Mark Addy

Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years it was a splendid laugh!

Charles Dickens

Thus, though I dislike to differ with such a great man, Voltaire was simply ludicrous when he said that if god did not exist it would be necessary to invent him. The human invention of god is the problem to begin with.

Christopher Hitchens

Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin Today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation or reward or punishment. Safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.

Princess of Wales Diana

First principle: one must need strength, otherwise one will never have it.http://academics.vmi.edu/psy_dr/friedrich_nietzsche.htm

Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of

What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.

Eddie Marsan

I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can't kiss a movie.

Jean-Luc Godard

The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril

Alfred Loisy