Quotes by Humanitarian

Thursday? Oh no, it can't be! It's too gruesome.

Can I have a silk nightgown with rosebuds on it?

I have always had a reputation for being frugal - less kind people might call me cheap. But my interest in building up a nest egg goes back to those days in Arnhem when I learned that money can grow, just like trees.

True friends are families which you can select.

Living is like tearing through a museum.

Love does not terrify me. But the going away of it does. I have been made terribly aware of how everything can be wrenched away from you and your life torn apart. If I had known very secure nights all my life, if I had never seen or felt the fear of being tortured or deported or blown up into a million pieces, then I would not fear it.

People associate me with a time when movies were pleasant, when women wore pretty dresses in films and you heard beautiful music. I always love it when people write me and and say 'I was having a rotten time, and I walked into a cinema and saw one of your movies, and it made such a difference.'

I don't believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.

Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets

Giving is living. If you stop wanting to give, there's nothing more to live for.