Pastoral Resources

It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.

I love Germany so dearly that I hope there will always be two of them.

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.

Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.

Well, they are critics of the Bush administration generally on the human rights record of the administration, and in particular, they are very, very critical of this use of science.

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.

Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.

I've never wanted to be the ingenue. Now that I'm getting into my forties, I think my time as a woman has arrived; I think I might have a new moment in my career. I have that drive left - just for a little while.

God has given you your country as cradle, and humanity as mother; you cannot rightly love your brethren of the cradle if you love not the common mother.

So long as you are ready to die for humanity, the life of your country is immortal.

It is strange how your understanding of a play changes. It normally happens after a performance and you suddenly think, 'So that's what that line really means' - it's like a light going on.

If I had no family, my wife and I would lead a much more romantic and nomadic existence.

I'm glad I am a woman who once danced naked in the Mediterranean Sea at midnight.

Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting.

You don't need a pickup line. Just glance at a woman from across the room. Glance - don't stare.

An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice.

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.