Was there ever such thing as great Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you — what — was there not sad stuff?

The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph.... we must not retreat.

Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel.

Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will submit.

I spend money on war because it is necessary, but to spend it on science, that is pleasant to me. This object costs no tears; it is an honour to humanity

Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it.

It is essential to our interest and the security of our colonies that the several nations or tribes of Indians... who live under our protection, should not be molested or disturbed.

Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton

If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.

We are determined to listen to nothing from the illegal congress.

Mad, is he? Then I hope that he will bite some of my other generals!

What does infinity mean to you? Are you not infinity and yourself?

Poetry is an affair of sanity, of seeing things as they are.

If death weren't around to 'finalize' the Darwinian process, we'd all still be amoebas.

And all things as they change proclaim The Lord eternally the same.

I love you no matter what you do, but do you have to do so much of it?

Regular panelists on shows can be terrifying. They own that space, and many guest comics suspect they are favoured in the edit, while their own hilarious jokes end up being ejected into the ether.

I just wanted what was outside to be different.

She's an idiot. She's looking at life through a selfish, lusty haze.

The myth that everyone once read great literature is just a myth.

You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of niceness, I have no sense of right and wrong, no outrage, no passion.