Sometimes in this life, only one or two opportunities are put before us and we must seize them no matter the risk.

Dat's what they say of this cauntry back home, Kath: 'America, the land of milk and honey.' Bot they never tell you the milk's gone sour and the honey's stolen.

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it

People are so overwhelmed with the prestige of their instruments that they consider their personal judgement of hardly any account.

I've made six films since I made Secrets and Lies but I still live in London and I'd love to do theater.

Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.

It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.

There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.

I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.

Water is more precious than oil. Both are more precious than music. Music won't heat a house or help a plant to grow.

Im not one of those authors who claims to hear voices in my head or let the characters speak through me, whatever that might mean.

The journalists are so devoted to Obama. They are such sycophants that they're worried about access.