No town can keep a man, but men keep towns.

The deepest rivers make least din, The silent soule doth most abound in care.

While as he yet doth breath extend, no man is blest; behold the end.

Not beauty, no, but virtue rais'd my fires, whose sacred flame did cherish chaste desires.

How some dare scorn (as if a fabulous lie) that they should rise whom death to dust doth bind -- and like to beasts, a beastly life they lead, who naught attend save death when they are dead.

Great conquests trouble, where contempt may please -- the one yields glory, and the other ease.

Your body may not be, but the quintessence your being and entity is made-up of, is forever.

I want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie. An idea's an idea.

Nobody wins unless everybody wins.

If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

I am perhaps unusual in that I came to 'Doctor Who' through the numerous novelisations and not through the television show.

Do not desire to hear about the misfortunes of those who oppose you. For those who listen to such speech later reap the fruits of their evil intention.

You will ride the Tao toward the concrescence and will be able to live in the light of its anticipation.

If you want somethin', go get it. Period.

Men are all right for friends, but as soon as you marry them they turn into cranky old fathers, even the wild ones.

You've got to get people to believe that change is possible... You have to show that you can fight things successfully even if you don't win.