I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.

Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.

Ask any man what nationality he would prefer to be, and ninety nine out of a hundred will tell you that they would prefer to be Englishmen

If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible.

So little done, so much to do.

You are an Englishman, and have subsequently drawn the greatest prize in the lottery of life.

When people praise you, don't let it go to your head. When they criticize you, don't let it go to your heart.

Pure philanthropy is very well in its way but philanthropy plus five percent is a good deal better.

Man begets, but land does not beget.

The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton.

Wherever you turn your eye—except in science—an Oxford man is at the top of the tree.

All single people are not really singleThey all have untold stories behind the scene.

Roughly speaking: to say of two things that they are identical is nonsense, and to say of one thing that it is identical with itself is to say nothing.

There can be no revival when Mr. Amen and Mr. Wet-Eyes are not found in the audience.

The secret to a long marriage in the film industry? Marry someone wonderful, as I did. And always have her come along on location.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.

In the end, it's all about perseverance.

The science hangs like a gathering fog in a valley, a fog which begins nowhere and goes nowhere, an incidental, unmeaning inconvenience to passers-by.

After all, is football a game or a religion?

I'm getting more and more isolated as I get on in years. I think people's insanity starts to slowly take over.

When you start a game, you don't think to yourself, "well, OK, I'm going throw a one-hitter today." It just becomes an organism, your outing becomes an organism and it grows.