No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting.
It took us 50 months in Germany, post World War II to go from the end of the war to a national election.
So, I think even in Saudi Arabia there is movement. And we have to remember that over the years they've stabilized the oil price and that is tremendously important for the economies of the world. I think we have no choice but to work with the government of Saudi Arabia.
The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world.
When it comes to music, we live in a very different world than everyone did in the 1960s and 1970s.
A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time.
In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.
It the British System is the most gigantic system of slavery the world has yet seen, and therefore it is that freedom gradually disappears from every country over which England is enabled to obtain control.
I think what Calvinism may offer us is that God's in charge of his world.
From a Christian point of view of course we do want a peaceful world, and I think September 11 did actually make people aware not only of vulnerability and how transitory life is, but there are forces of good and honor and justice which speak to us of God and his love for us.
And I hope America will realise, as the only superpower now, it really must use its power in a way that's going to build up the world, and to support the United Nations.