[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We'll go quietly.

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

Good memories are our second chance at happiness.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

I have to be seen to be believed.

We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

A moment later, Liam's bright blue eyes opened, and he was seeing me. He just wasn't seeing Ruby.

I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at.

Well, I jumped for the first time when I was 16. I just loved it and immediately realized that it was what I wanted to do.

The great task of life is transmission: the task of transmitting the essential tools and graces of life from our parents to our children

If I say something about David [Bowie], I get 1000 tweets, if I say something about my business just a few! The more personal, the better.

Here's all I know: that the world is uncontrollable. Chaos reigns. That anything and everything might be possible. I won't subscribe to any rational system again. Nothing will bind me.

Learnt a lot like timing, voice modulation from Mohanlal sir. He is perfect in everything.

...nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched.

Thank God I had two parents who loved me enough to stay on my case.

When I perform, it's definitely about duration. I don't play any kind of time signature known to man.