It is the heart which inspires eloquence.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

Julia was as happy as Betsy was, almost. One nice thing about Julia was that she rejoiced in other people's luck.

God gave mankind a divine duty to protect all the animals in the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

It was 22 years of work in a row, right up until 1987. Twenty-two years in a row-either on tour, writing an album, or recording an album. It wasn't until 1987 that I was able to take a breath.

The United Nations has no business in our elections.

Time is a wonderful storyteller.

I have been instrumental in banning bottled water on the set. It hasn't gone that well with the crew... so I replaced it with tequila.

It was like I existed in a kind of parallel universe, thinking thoughts and feelings that no one else understood.

Aiki is not a technique to fight with or defeat an enemy. It is the way to reconcile the world and make human beings one family.

Stress is something that makes you feel you can't be yourself.

I get quite lazy about cooking because when I come back from work it is the last thing I want to do, really is spend loads of time cooking.