Shakespeare is one of the best means of culture the world possesses. Whoever is at home in his pages is at home everywhere.

Flowers knew how to preach divinity before men knew how to dissect and botanize them.

The smiles of infants are said to be the first fruits of human reason.

Always, after he was in bed, there were voices - indefinite, fading, enchanting - just outside his window, and before he fell asleep he would dream one of his favorites waking dreams.

The sovereigns of the earth do not always grant audience readily; on the contrary, the King of Heaven, hidden under the eucharistic veils, is ready to receive anyone.

My general rule of thumb is, once something's a ride at Disneyland, I assume that it is no longer a threat in real life. Which is why I don't expect to get attacked by a giant tea cup anytime soon.

Rest, rest at the heart's core . . . till joy shall overtake.

I have done well out of TV, but not well enough to buy football clubs. I'm not sure it's ever a way to make money.

I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I.

Without followers, evil cannot spread.

Maybe something is wrong with me but I just think I'm normal. I'm not super-skinny but I'm not super-fat. But I don't really care about what other people say.

William Tell's son, Telly, who said as his father was pointing the bow and arrow at the apple on his head, There's gotta be an easier way to kill worms. Never got a dinner!