"The one good thing is that I get a lot more good scripts coming through my letterbox. 'Vera Drake' raised my profile in one way, and then 'Harry Potter' in another"

"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"

"Find a good teacher, don't betray yourself to succeed and be a better person before being a better actor"

"It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day"

"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit"

"Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me"

"Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind"

"It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least"

"If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked"

"It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour"

"There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action"