True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.

I have a high pain threshold. In fact, it's more of a large and tastfully decorated foyer than a threshold. But I do get easily bored

Cassandra Clare

They love their land because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his Majesty.

Fitz-Greene Halleck

I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food.

Bear Grylls

I left because I could no longer make records that sounded less and less like me. I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.

Melissa Manchester

But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.

Kate Bush

The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

Corra May Harris

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Winston Churchill

To put the point sharply: If an informer in the French underground who sent a friend to the torture chambers of the Gestapo was equally a victim, then there can be no right or wrong in life that I understand.

Albert Maltz

People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.

Salma Hayek

He sat watching what went forward with the quiet outward glance of healthy old age.

George Eliot

It begins and ends with money. It's absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. It's obscene.

Kathleen Turner

I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it.

Timothy Spall