Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one.

These trees and these old people have one thing in common, they're both going in the ground soon!

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.

I'd like to break some new ground, maybe in TV presenting, rather than just be an actress.

I had done it all in my career. I always felt, as a kid, that that's what a director needed to be. Hitchcock could do anything in my mind. He's the director. That person has to be the best actor, the best designer, the best cinematographer. Then I came to realize that isn't the case. You just need to surround yourself with the best.

I think of the bog as a feminine goddess-ridden ground, rather like the territory of Ireland itself.

I learned how not to be alone in the playground.

Trump is reviled around the world, as is the U.S. under his leadership.

Feminism, as it stands, well... stands. It has ground to a halt.

The more rarefied a life you live, the easier it is to think that those who don't share it could be demonised. To find the common humanity becomes more of a struggle the more you surround yourself with nice things.

I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.

I have a penchant for playing characters that have been victimized repeatedly and still stood their ground and still remained unembittered.

Designing is a lot like a high-wire act - if the tightrope walker is only six inches off the ground, where's the excitement?

I lost my hair, and went around wearing a hair piece.

Oil is ancient wealth in the ground.

I live in the English countryside, so I'm surrounded by magpies.

I grew up surrounded by strong women, and that was a very strong influence.

I'm usually bikini-ready all year round.

I've been around the block a lot and I've had a merry trail for 55 years.

If you run your company pension into the ground, saddling it with massive, unsustainable debts, we're coming for you.