“Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by dra...” — Arnold Bennett Quote

“Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.”

“It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.”

“Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true.”

“Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity.”

“Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.”

“The chief beauty about time”

“Certainly there's a huge appeal to the '60s, because it was such a big turning point to everyone. It was the era of change, the boiling point. People rebelled against things - the hippies, the feminists, the protesters. All these things just built up and boiled over. I think people can relate to that today.”

“I think monogamy is a little unnatural, if I'm totally honest. You change. Things alter. It's the exception rather than the rule and I think it's exceptional to cope with it and manage it. It's hard work.”

“When it comes to gay marriage, the electorate can be broken into three basic groups: a relatively small core of committed opponents; a relatively small core of committed supporters; and a vast swath of conflicted voters who like to think of themselves as 'tolerant,' but who are instinctively uneasy with sudden, sweeping change.”

“I hope that through my example, such as my role on 'The West Wing,' I can help change attitudes on deafness and prove we can really do everything... except hear.”

“Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.”