"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me."

“I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about accomplishments!”

Source : Joanna Baillie (1821). “A series of plays, in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger passions of the mind [by J. Baillie”, p.61

“we have let rhetoric do the job of poetry.”

Source : Cherríe Moraga (1983). “Loving in the war years: lo que nunca pasó por sus labios”, South End Pr

“God's greatest agency; man's greatest agency, for defeating the enemy and winning men back is intercession.”

“I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me.”

“Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer.”

“I will go out of this world feet first with my Lib Dem membership card in my pocket.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I have a, shall we say, morbid personality.”

“I think people come into our lives for a reason, and we can learn from them, and they have lessons to teach us.”