Rarely has a people paid the lavish compliment and taken the subtle revenge of turning its oppressor's speech into sorcery.

What ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.

In today's retail environment, competition comes from every conceivable retail format. To succeed, we have to operate more efficiently and compete more effectively against players at all levels of the retail demographic. There is no question that this is a bold and exciting move, and one I believe will have a positive impact on competitive retailing for American consumers in the longer term.

I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.

I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.

There is a huge antipathy in England between the north and the south, the working class and the owning class.

The contrast between the 1970's and today is very marked.