William Wilberforce Quotes
Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.
Quotes to Explore
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I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.
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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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I know I'm profane. And outspoken.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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Given the accelerating velocity of history, we should begin charting deliberately the next phase in its trajectory.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'
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I don't have to be making a lot of money or living in a fancy house.
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The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people.
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There are a couple of things in there if we're constraining this discussion to horror here.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day. I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
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Many people have this image of me. For a long time, I cared about that.
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Circumstances dictate your set of values, your set of morals.
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I came to Washington with a pledge to be a fiscally conservative.
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Every actor who has done an action film has a little tiny scar somewhere from that.
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The cry for the national home for the Jews does not make much appeal to me. The sanction for it is sought in the Bible and the tenacity with which the Jews have hankered after return to Palestine. Why should they not, like other peoples of the earth, make that country their home where they are born and where they earn their livelihood?
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All of life is energy and we are transmitting it at every moment.
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Children don't just play any more - they're far too busy learning to fence and taking extra French classes. In the end, you're actually doing more damage to your children by trying to hot-house them. It's far better to remain a calm parent.
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When I was in Greenough, Montana, I came across a bear cub. I was off this path, and I thought, If there's a bear cub, that means there's a mother bear somewhere nearby. So I doubled back. If I'd kept going, I'm sure they would have eventually found my sneakers, and that's about it.
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Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.
