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Quotes by English Authors
"The more I read my Bible the more I veered away from the Jehovah's Witnesses."
"Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not have given assent to those things which were revealed to them from God without any intervening help of the church."
"The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves."
"I think Canada, our industry is still somewhat based in America's industry."
"It would take more than long-stemmed roses to change my view that you're a despicable cowardy custard and a disgrace to a proud family. Your ancestors fought in the Crusades and were often mentioned in despatches, and you cringe like a salted snail at the thought of appearing as Santa Claus before an audience of charming children who wouldn't hurt a fly. It's enough to make an aunt turn her face to the wall and give up the struggle."
"I don't feel a lack of hope. It's just disappointment that after all these years we're still fighting meaningless wars for a handful of people."
"There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do it."
"I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only."
"My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this."
"In the end I think theatre has only one subject: justice."
"I don't think I will be less good because there's less pressure on me."
"To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it."
"Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre."
"Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain."
"Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others."
"Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society."
"As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent."
"When you run an entrepreneurial business, you have hurry sickness - you don't look back, you advance and consolidate. But it is such fun."
"That the principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes -- the legal subordination of one sex to the other -- is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement; and that it ought to be replaced by a principle of perfect equality, admitting no power or privilege on the one side, nor disability on the other."
"We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed."
"I'm not into one-night stands. I've only slept with three guys in my life and they all involve relationships."
"If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought."
"Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not."
"It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was in Denver. There were two and a half thousand people there."
"And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening."
"I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament."
"The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief."
"Simplicity is a great element of good breeding."
"Well, it's not full time - my dancers are only paid for six months of the year in two three-month blocks; but yes, it is possible we could do it in another year."
"Nothing's really changed since the Harry Potter films came along."
"I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due."
"Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories."
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