Pastoral Resources

We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.

I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.

I have always done films with friends rather than strangers.

Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers.

Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.

So I think rather than being attracted so much now to working with my heroes, I'm sort of more attracted to working with completely unlikely strangers because it's more exciting really.

When people ask me what I do, strangers on a plane, perhaps, I tell them that I think. Thinking is excellent exercise, as much as swimming or jogging.

And if strangers come to supper they shall be served with more according as they have need.

Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

I can only point out a curious fact. Year after year the Nobel Awards bring a moment of happiness not only to the recipients, not only to colleagues and friends of the recipients, but even to strangers.

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.

Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.

I'm hopefully touring with Colin Baker next year in Perfect Strangers. I have performed with Sylvia Simms in poetry and music evenings. I would love to do those for the rest of my career - they are so fun and witty.

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

I don't date guys that I just meet randomly. I don't feel comfortable meeting strangers.