Jokes are very curious things psychologically.

Anybody who has political ambition has an Achilles heel.

I think that there should be a Gaius Baltar Award for Moral Cowardice given out to people every year.

I think the level of devotion some sci-fi fans display turns other people off.

On a personal note, myself, I find religion - I can understand it, I can understand why we have it, as a kind of force on the planet. And I also at the same time think it's ludicrous.

I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life.

My first show, in England, was called Soldier, Soldier.

When somebody says, Action, I act. When they say, Cut, thats my job. Ive done it.

I never talk about filming until I'm actually on the set and I've got the job, because otherwise - "Oh yeah, I'm going to be so busy," and then you're going to see me in McDonald's in two months.

I think it was in my second week that I auditioned for Battlestar. I was very "Oh gosh, I want to be in television, I want to be in something, but I don't know if I want to be in this."

Those leaders who fail, lack the capability to resonate their idea & thoughts

Whenever a woman strengthens the faith of a child, she contributes to the strength of a family - now and in the future.

Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?

When it's impossible, it's better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.

As I visited the various neighborhoods in the campaign, I learned fast that it's a mistake to think that all of the wisdom and possible solutions to our problems are available only in this building.

Poetry holds the knowledge that we are alive and that we know we're going to die.

I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play it well, and change in my work is what I want.

When the error is universal, it is supposed to end. The adoption of the foundling establishes its consanguinity.

It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it.

Perceptions of impossibility are commonly disspelled by unmitigated courage and perseverance.