Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one says no. Derek Jacobi
After graduating college, I was coming out of a routine I'd been in for several years, all the way back to high school. It was a year-round process of constantly having to work and be disciplined, and I was able to understand and connect the dots between all those characteristics - especially hard work and success. Sam Hunt
If you think about becoming a writer, that's just really one of the big dreams I had. It's really important to have those dreams and pursue your passions. Deb Caletti
New York City is the most important location in the world... it is the center for fashion, culture and finance. Jared Kushner
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time. Malcolm X
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. Joseph Addison
In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the ancient Greeks and Romans also held the view that acceptance is the beginning of wisdom. Simon Van Booy
I think the American people have been surprised by the enthusiasm with which the Iraqis have taken to elections and politics. Duncan Hunter
It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world. John Steinbeck
We had a single find of BSE in this country. And we believe that what we're doing is appropriate action taken in an abundance of caution under the circumstances. And I believe it's the right thing to do. Ann Veneman
Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure. Nicolaus Copernicus
The match has become quite unpredictable, but it still looks as though Arsenal will win the cup. John Motson
The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game. Michel Patini
Many of the problems of poverty and need are really problems of physical infrastructure: not enough hospitals, too few schools, insufficient roads, bridges, and a lack of tools. This is what makes traditional philanthropy so daunting. You could build a thousand new hospitals in some parts of the world and barely make a difference. Naveen Jain
By the new year of 1994, it had grown up into Inform 4 and could produce games twice as large. Graham Nelson
Democracy literally means the power of people. Democracy is not about politics, it is about the people. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
I don't favour ethics classes being an alternative to special religious education classes. Barry O'Farrell
Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me me. Georg C. Lichtenberg
I truly believe that fundamentalism stems from unemployment. A man without a job is desperate; he doesn't want to live anyway. Stef Wertheimer
He's a TV producer, a theatrical impresario, and he wants to be treated as Mr. Windsor but when the going gets rough he wants to be treated like a member of the Royal Family. Andrew Morton
My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework. Sara Paretsky