Torchwood Captain Jack Harkness Memorable Quotes & Sayings

I had a Saturday job in a chemist. The pay was something ridiculous like £2 an hour - it was slave labour - and I spent all day cleaning shelves. On my first day an actress from Eldorado, which was on telly at the time, came in and said, 'Can I have some Replense please?' I didn't know what it was, so I had to ask her and she had to say, 'It's vaginal moisturiser,' in front of a massive queue of people. After one day I was like, 'I don't want to do this job any more, it's just boring.' — Konnie Huq

You can break through every barrier with persistent effort. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Remember that even in war there is a time for restraint. A time to hold back your sword. — Suzanne Collins

To change your world, you must change your words. It's the rudder (James 3:4-5) of your life. — Rick Warren

If my life depended on it - if my daughter's life depended on it - I'd want Mariano Rivera closing. Wouldn't you? — Alex Rodriguez

If he stayed at home and carried on with his normal life he would be a thousand times superior to these people and could get any of them out of his way just with a kick. — Franz Kafka

The business of the poet and the novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things. — Thomas Hardy

An anthropologist will not excitedly report of a newly discovered tribe: 'They eat food! They breathe air! They use tools! They tell each other stories!' We humans forget how alike we are, living in a world that only reminds us of our differences. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

When I first met the world, basically, or introduced myself to people, I was in 'Superbad,' and I feel the same way I felt promoting 'Superbad' in an underdog style that I feel promoting 'Moneyball.' — Jonah Hill

Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want. — Stephen Breyer

We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music. — Zubin Mehta