Even if people do wrong, were social animals, so what can we do about stopping them doing the same things in future? Saying people are bad or evil is just an unwillingness to engage an unwillingness to try to empathise. That sanctimonious attitude doesnt help anyone. – Denise Mina
My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death now I see it from my sons perspective. – Rufus Sewell
I know a lot of Eastern Europeans, and because of what they have been through and what they have seen, they have an attitude where they are not easily fooled. – Francine Prose
In judging ourselves, we cannot be too severe; in judging others, we cannot be too candid. We should judge ourselves by our motives, but others by their actions. – William Nevins (1797–1835)
I have this pet thing about how global communications are moving so fast now, throwing information at you, making everything available to you, and yet I feel its leaving us more and more isolated. – Mike Rutherford
