You never know people, do you? You can work with 'em for twenty years; you don't know 'em at all.

Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem.

I have derived enormous confidence from being a husband and father.

If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts.

Leave three Englishmen in a room and they will invent a rule that prevents a fourth joining them.

Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.

To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.

What is a week-end? Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey.

Success means your thoughts are worthy of everyones consideration.

Most of us don't want to be outsiders.

If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.

Don't settle for ordinary. Dare to live a magical life.

Happiness is there when perceptions and expectations are in joyful harmony.

It was strange how your brain could know what your heart refused to accept.

I'm just not built for fairytale surprises.

If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow them from behind.

I love wearing trackies to lounge around the house in and the strange thing is, it doesn’t matter how many new ones I get I still tend to feel most comfortable in my old ones.

What makes an actor, I think, is a combination of a deep curiosity about life and a case of the crazies.

Brother,” Artemis chided. “You do not help my Hunters. You do not look at, talk to, or flirt with my Hunters. And you do not call them sweetheart.

That which you cannot express is Love. That which you cannot reject/renounce is Beauty. That which you cannot avoid is the Truth.

For the complete life, the perfect pattern includes old age as well as youth and maturity.