It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.

The moment you learn the lesson, the test will be over.

I was wild and tame and pulled into shreds and crushed into being all at once.

Time is an illusion. Time only exists when we think about the past and the future. Time doesn't exist in the present here and now.

It's more difficult to write a song about having your heart ripped out of your chest while you're in love. Because it lacks honesty. And the honesty comes through in the music, it really does.

It's a really, really hard life when you don't have a document that actually gives you a name and a face.

We dont know anything about racism. Weve never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life?

A doctor today would never prescribe the treatments my grandfather used in the Confederate Army, but a minister says pretty much the same thing today that a minister would have said back then.

To touch is to give life.

I am backing Remain for a very simple reason: it is the best way of protecting jobs, wages and rights for working people.

My personal favorite is Woody Allen, who is just amazing as a comedian.