Samuel WestIt is our duty to endeavor always to promote the general good; to do to all as we would be willing to be done by were we in their circumstances; to do justly, to love mercy, and t… ▶352HumanityLovePolitics
Samuel WestMost actors are socialists, aren't they? ✨ Best of the West. Interview with Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2007.376Death
Samuel WestIm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I was only ever allowed one book… ▶292ReadingThought
Samuel WestAt heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've known and loved since childhood. ✨ Selby miners take an early bath by … ▶282HumanityLove
Samuel West[P]erfect freedom consists in obeying the dictates of right reason, and submitting to natural law. When a man goes beyond or contrary to the law of nature and reason, he . . . int… ▶338HumanityPolitics
Samuel WestWhere licentiousness begins, liberty ends.251Truth
Samuel WestI did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was about two/three to when I was about 15. In fact they d… ▶214ReadingTimeTruth
Samuel WestWe'll be back. I promise you that.215Time
Samuel WestIt would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant.175Humanity
