Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional they are sceptical and mystical they are romantic and ironic they are cruel and tender and full of mirth and despair.

I have tender romantic associations with upstate New York.

A child is owed the greatest respect if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind don't ignore your son's tender years.

When I approach a child he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is and respect for what he may become.

It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay and with tenderness - back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try.

Gardeners are good at nurturing and they have a great quality of patience they're tender. They have to be persistent.

Our job is to represent the truth of human nature whether you're playing a tender love story that's set in a coffee shop or whether you're in 'The Avengers ' which is set in a Manhattan which is exploding.

January is the garbage can of movies in America directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.

Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched.

I was a bartender for a long time so I know how to make drinks but I'm more likely to offer them than to have them. I think this is one of the reasons why I get to live longer than my great-grandmother did and why I get to produce more writing than she did and why my marriage isn't in dire straits.