"I am an American. I adore Britain and have a strong English half, but my roots are here in the U.S. - it is not a matter of choice; it is simply fact."

“So, what I am learning to do is (to) learn each of their personalities - to study them, to learn how their natural bent is. Is it toward intellectualism. Is it toward athletics? Toward humor? Ministry? What makes each of them tick? And can I help them blossom in their areas of strength and win their hearts in doing so? So, that's one challenge in doing that.”

Source : "'Courageous' filmmaker Alex Kendrick branches out with a new book, a new Erwin Brothers comedy and a new production company". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com. July 2013.

“The suppression of women's rights began with the suppression of women's rites.”

“A good, very good, not to say admirable schoolmaster, but then he is only a schoolmaster.”

“All our lives we are putting pennies — our most golden pennies — into penny-in-the-slot machines that are almost always empty.”

“Everything has to evolve or else it perishes.”

Source : John Knowles (1988). “A Separate Peace”, p.37, Dramatic Publishing

“I will remain on the throne until I fall off.”

Source : "Danish Queen Celebrates Milestone". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. January 12, 2012.

“I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison.”

“To rule is easy, to govern difficult.”