I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Comedy is acting out optimism.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.

A person preaches well that lives well.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

I'll always be poor in my mind.

Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.