"Perhaps all pleasure is only relief."

“Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.”

“You can do amazing things when you believe.”

“Virtue is a beautiful thing in woman when they don't go about with it like a child with a drum making all sorts of noise with it.”

“Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith Hooper, was invited in late 2007 by some Australian friends to make up a token Australian audience in a tiny fringe theater play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called 'The King's Speech.”

Source : "Filmmaker Tom Hooper". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. January 28, 2011.

“I realize that for many New Yorkers, this is the first time you've heard my name, and you don't know much about me. Over these next two years you will get to know me, but more importantly, I will get to know you.”

Source : Press Conference With New York Governor David Paterson And Senator-Designate Kirsten Gillibrand, Albany, NY, votesmart.org. January 23, 2009.

“If I ever wanted to pick someone's brain, like Larry David would obviously be the most relevant.”

“I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come.”

“Be like the flower, turn your faces to the sun.”