"When the Amherst sphinx styled herself a pagan, she meant she didn't believe in the biblical God. What sort of deity, if any, she did believe in is hard to pinpoint."

“Make no mistake; the American Revolution was not fought to obtain freedom, but to preserve the liberties that Americans already had as colonials. Independence was no conscious goal, secretly nurtured in cellar or jungle by bearded conspirators, but a reluctant last resort, to preserve "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."”

Source : Samuel Eliot Morison (1972). “The Oxford history of the American people”, Signet

“I always said to myself that if I thought I slipped and could not be the player that I want to be, then it was time for me to go.”

“Hollywood-a place where the inmates are in charge of the asylum.”

“It is ironic that many Filipinos learn to love the Philippines while abroad, not at home.”

“Every great idea is on the verge of being stupid.”

“A virtuoso performance. Scott Thompson’s biography of the soldier statesman Fidel V. Ramos illustrates the fascinating and complex geography of Filipino politics and its relation with the American hegemon. It’s first-rate scholarship and equally first-rate writing.”

“They must go for it now as they have nothing to lose but the match.”

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

“I'd done two years on a soap opera where I was shooting things every day and they gave me a hard time about that, which I think is the wrong way to teach a young actor. They just made me really, really self-conscious about everything I did, which is the opposite of what you need to be when you're filming.”

Source : Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 25, 2016.