I am a PR disaster because I talk too much.

I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

I keep myself amused and others confused

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

As it was, being a Zimbabwean immigrant was the worst thing a person could be in Southern Africa. They were the new Hebrews – homeless.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

Gratitude, being nearly the greatest of human duties, is also nearly the most difficult.

The disciplined are free.

Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow.

The most essential part of my day is a proper dinner.

The moment a man stops dreaming is the moment he petrifies inside.

I've always thought that people always wonder why conservatives don't stick together like liberals do. You know, they kind of throw the person to the wolves.

Slavery is not the only question which comes up in this controversy. There is a far more important one to you, and that is, what shall be done with the free negro?