If there was one thing which Sloan had learned over the years it was that you should never underestimate the element of luck in detective work.

Sloane wasn't interested. As a police officer he was concerned with crime, not punishment.

He did his best to explain this to Inspector Sloan afterwards. 'A funny feeling, sir.' 'Yes?' Funny feelings were not encouraged at Berebury Police Station.

Though, ' observed Sloan profoundly, 'where there's a will there's usually a relative.

If you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.

If ... you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.

I've forgotten most of what I've read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.

Saying you are a patriot is not enough - you have to be one.

When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.

Michelle [Obama] never fully took to the scrutiny. I mean, she's thrived as a first lady, but it's not her preference.

I have a ball - and it keeps my heart rate up. I get to wear fabulous clothes. I get to make people laugh. That's my core business, and that's where I'll always return.

We came off the road of the last tour very inspired to just keep playing, so we went to Canada.

Who does not recall school at least in part as endless dreary hours of boredom punctuated by moments of high anxiety?

Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.

Punishment renders autonomy of conscience impossible.

Film is a battleground.