Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons. – George Byron
I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five? – George Byron
Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion. – George Byron
What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence. – George Byron
Im 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were fifteen months in every year, Id only be 48. Thats the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of 28 and 40. – James Thurber
Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if youre not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I dont think that is particularly healthy. – Imelda Staunton