a fair degree of literacy of speech ... is increasingly rare in politicians and not necessarily regarded as an asset.

Hatred is one of the poisons; like jaundice, it alters the true colors of things.

You can't remain inactive in the face of injustice without, to some extent, being guilty of it.

Every murder strikes at the heart of civilization; it is an attack on all mankind.

cruelty is the only thing that strikes me as completely unforgivable. The unpardonable sin.

The whole human race loses by every act of personal vengeance.

People don't really change. Not fundamentally. When they surprise us, it is because we failed to recognize their potentialities.

I always feel sorry for people who think more about a rainy day ahead than sunshine today.

The doctor will persist in laboring under the delusion that patients want common sense instead of magic.

There's no disillusionment like learning that forbidden fruit can be unpleasant.

The only love from which a man never recuperates is the one he never had. The eternal and untarnished illusion.

Those who don’t know how to love others, how can they deserve love for themselves?

You don't need to think deeply before reaching out to the excuses to give. Just lose interest in it and you gain excuses at no cost!

Gingerbread houseswith gumdrops and peppermintand marshmallow snow.

My favourite thing to do on this planet is to scuba dive.

There's no end to amazing grace.

Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.

When I was little, I would always lie about the stupidest things. In kindergarten or first grade, I would tell people I had tigers living in my attic and a room full of gold.

I've been asked to direct pilots for a lot of shows.

What I want back is what I was Before the bed, before the knife, Before the brooch-pin and the salve Fixed me in this parenthesis; Horses fluent in the wind, A place, a time gone out of mind.

On Flash, I thought of myself as a spice character; come in, do a little dance, and I go.