Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.

The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

Utopia' is a positive and constructive program that gives people the opportunity, if you can start all over again, start from scratch and create laws and make decisions, will you be able to build a society that is better than the one we have; will it be chaos or happiness.

Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.

My dad is Scottish, and he read in the newspaper about the plight of the Scottish Freshwater Mussel, which is a real thing - like, a very real, serious conservation issue. And he's a writer, and he was going to do a film about a Glaswegian gangster, and then I stole the idea and turned it into a romantic comedy.

I was never totally into marriage, and I wasn't a very good wife.