William Whewell Quotes
Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligations, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions.

Quotes to Explore
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if my heart tells me something is wrong, I'm going to go and do something about it.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.
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I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... What I'm trying to do actually with my album is show that it's my voice that's leading. It's my voice that's the instrument.
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I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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I think ballet has influenced my personality a lot in the sense that I am very disciplined in all of my endeavours. I am always on time; I take things very seriously. I've built up my inner strength and self-esteem over time as I've improved as a dancer.
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My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance!
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
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I enjoy my food. I like to grill; I do that a lot. I like meat and have big dinners - steak, red meat splurges, prime cuts.
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All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.
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Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.
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It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
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You can not only do great things for an urban core by moving your employee base there, you're also going to be a better business.
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Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
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Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord.
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Creativity is the most practical thing a businessman can employ.
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At the beginning of every semester, I ask my graduate students whether there is something I should read that will help me understand their work.
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All you've got to do is go back and look in the early 1900s and see what we had in Texas without public education and realize what it has done for the state.
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Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligations, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions.