Bernard Cornwell Quotes
'It ain't justice, Richard, but politics, and like all politics it ain't pretty, but well done it can work wonders.'

Quotes to Explore
-
I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
-
The pace of television is very different from film.
-
I know Dark Phoenix is a huge part of the X-Men saga, so I'm assuming they're at least going to want to touch on it, but I don't know and I don't know whether I would want to be involved. That depends on many different things.
-
Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
-
I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
-
At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
-
John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.
-
I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
-
It is still fashionable to believe that how you organize yourself religiously in this life may matter for eternity. Unless we can erode the prestige of that kind of thinking, we're not going to be able to undermine these divisions in our world.
-
Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
-
When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts.
-
If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
-
I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
-
If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
-
It's a tough life being a pop star. You know, at the end of the day when you've paid all the bills and put the kids through college and that, you know, there's only enough left for a small island off the South Pacific.
-
Many environmental battles are won by delaying a destructive project long enough to change the conversation - to allow new economic, political and social dynamics to emerge.
-
I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
-
I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
-
There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
-
Physical activity within four hours of bedtime and illness can also cause this type of insomnia.
-
When I'm on a good go, I can do 12, 13 hours of writing.
-
When you lose someone whose life was so extraordinary like my dad's, you have two options: You can curl up in a dark corner... or rise above it and dust yourself off and continue with their work. He will always be with me.
-
'It ain't justice, Richard, but politics, and like all politics it ain't pretty, but well done it can work wonders.'