Let us pray now for the future dead. Though we do not yet know their names, we know that there shall be far too many of them.

Real power... comes not from hate, but from truth.

Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose.

I wouldn't back away from what's right just because it's hard.

I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all mean are created free and equal.

The bottom half of the page had descended into a doodle of a tiny man giving the middle finger to a giant, angry eagle with razor-sharp talons. Beneath it, the caption: To Mock a Killing Bird.

Without death,' he answered, 'life is meaningless. It is a story that can never be told. A song that can never be sung. For how would one finish it?

So I suggest you stick close, pay attention, and avoid breaking the Terrorverse's only commandment: Thou shall not be stupid.

So long as this country is cursed with slavery, so too will it be cursed with vampires.

We may all deserve hell, but some of us deserve it sooner than others.

But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.

The biggest liar you will ever meet is yourself. It is amazing the lies we tell ourselves because of fear.

If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.

When you finally understand the universe, it will not only be stranger than you imagine, it will be stranger than you can imagine.

It is not worth it to sacrifice the interest of the country for the sake of my son.

[Michael] Gove will be the underdog fighting for the underdog in this leadership race.

I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.

I've had people turn me down. Not all that many, but certainly it happens.

There is something servile in the habit of seeking after a law which we may obey. We may study the laws of matter at and for our convenience, but a successful life knows no law.

If there are some people that like the film and some people that do not, that's fine for me, because I do not intend to make very broad films.

I'm not a policymaker, I'm not a pundit. In fact, I don't have any interest in it. It's not on my agenda.