Thank God I've wasted my youth already. I don't want to do that again.

I’m an anchor and he is the sea and I sink into his tenderness as he presses my hand to his heart.

It is a secret in the Oxford sense. You may tell it to only one person at a time.

Nonsense, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary.

I'm only a poor corrupt official.

Some day,' said Smee, 'the clock will run down, and then he'll get you.' Hook wetted his dry lips, 'Aye,' he said, 'that's the fear that haunts me.

Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world.

I'm kind of at a point in my career where I can get away with traditional stuff and then get away with some more rocky and pop and edgier stuff, too.

In Harlan, Kentucky, we told stories the way some people play music. ... In the mountains, storytelling is truly an art form, and as much recreation as communication.

I am professional. Hardworking. Committed. Loyal. Also sentimental. But I had changed a little over the years. There was a bit of a heaviness to my soul because of the intensity of my job.

God doesn't bribe, child. He just makes a sign and lets people take it as they will.