It's a much bigger force than just something that you can say. It's something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live. Ray Brown Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat. Malcolm Forbes I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures. Christina Aguilera Landscape is to American painting what sex and psychoanalysis are to the American novel. Robert Hughes Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad. Aaron Eckhart What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. Estelle Morris I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals. Jonathan Shapiro I got some new underwear the other day. Well, new to me. Emo Philips

writer whom he likes, and we then take that book on. So it's a very close relationship. We can do that because we're so small. James Laughlin The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God. Mortimer Adler Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more. Cynthia Weil And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man. A. E. Housman I know whenever it comes to be really dysfunctional and vile and base and hostile on screen, I'm good at that! Werner Herzog Make a Goal Box, a chart of positive daily contact with a family when you are working with them. Richard G. Scott Vice: Whatever was passion in the contemplation of man, being brought forth by his will into action. James Harrington I'm the youngest of six children; both of my sisters are housewives and they each have four kids. Roma Downey

from the purest motives; and that gracious common Parent, who loves all his children alike, beholds with approbation every one who worships him in sincerity. Joseph Lancaster You can do more, you can always do more. Dan Marino I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing. Clifton Fadiman I never dreamed I would one day work at it White House. Karen Hughes Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism. Vladimir Lenin I've never stopped learning. Mick Taylor Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon. Andy Van Slyke I feel strikingly domestic. We're in our own world with two busses and trucks. John Mayer

stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound to use earthly blessings, not as means of satisfying lust or gratifying wantonness, but of supplying his absolute wants and necessities. Johann Arndt We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs. Amy Goodman In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. Marcus Tullius Cicero I don't want the giant ego. I don't want to become Kevin Costner, singing on the soundtrack to The Postman. Joss Whedon Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend. Jeremy Taylor Visions of glory, spare my aching sight. Thomas Gray To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them. William Steig Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble. Kin Hubbard

was. Maybe some kids will take their CD back to the shop, telling the shop owner they have a faulty disc and if they could please get a new one. Mike Rutherford When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both. Jack Finney I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play. Coleman Hawkins I've spent my life pursing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow. Claire Bloom Knowledge without education is but armed injustice. Horace I can't think of any relatives that ever went into science. William Standish Knowles What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts. Joan D. Vinge The thing I'm having a hard time with are the Christians who will stab you in the back in a wink. Reggie White

a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil. Alain de Botton Anabolic steroids were not banned until after the 72 Olympics. Bill Toomey When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge. Arthur Conan Doyle From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. Ludovico Ariosto For me, the backdrop of half the experiences of life includes music. Amy Grant The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. T. S. Eliot Untapped potential is the difference between where a person is now and where he or she can be. Bo Bennett If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong. Robert Louis Stevenson

don't even hear the music. I don't even hear the notes. I'm not aware that someone has turned on a tape machine - I'm in another world. Jane Seymour For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict. John le Carre I wanted to make a classical piece that was actually designed to be a CD, not designed for performance. Anne Dudley Childhood is a promise that is never kept. Ken Hill What did Christ really do? He hung out with hard-drinking fishermen. Iggy Pop Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. Thomas Browne Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. Dwight D. Eisenhower We're not nearly as violent as the westerns. Moe Howard

someone else pick up a piece of the cost. As a result, every customer who has insurance ends up paying a 'hidden premium.' It simply adds to the health care cost burden. Dave Obey The apostolic writings are of three kinds: historical, didactic, and prophetic. Philip Schaff We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves. Paul Gauguin Of course, DeMille never did anything on a small scale. Clint Walker I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many. Casey Stengel Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop. Leo Durocher The United States is a beautiful place, you know? Billy Higgins Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore

them to make what is almost inaudible to the ear, audible. I do not use them to play loudly but to make the higher harmonics heard. Bill Dixon I'm a pretty happy camper. Look a little more like Paul Newman, maybe. Haha. John Warnock Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham. Winston Churchill Is the New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? Of course it is. Daniel Okrent I don't think when I make love. Brigitte Bardot Rome had Senators too, that's why it declined. Frank Dane Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying. James Caan I'm shorter, I don't have as many freckles as Ron, and I can't do magic. Rupert Grint

ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods. John Maynard Keynes When I was young, I would go to the races and it was an unbelievable feeling when you'd watch them race. Mats Sundin Well, that's what it was bloody well designed to do, wasn't it? Frank Whittle I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate. Arthur Wing Pinero Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man. Ronald Reagan Every individual decision is nothing but coincidence, every artistic decision is coincidence. Alva Noto Breakfast is a notoriously difficult meal to serve with a flourish. Clement Freud The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business. Margaret Mitchell

are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine. Angelina Jolie Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended. Cher A library book, I imagine, is a happy book. Cornelia Funke Power is the by-product of understanding. Jacob Bronowski Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never. Margaret of Valois People will judge you according to your own convictions. Dexter Scott King I believe we are in danger of being swamped by Asians. Pauline Hanson The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war. Townsend Harris

that they're going to get locked up for doing so. But on a personal level, if someone I loved was hurting himself or herself in front of me, I would, of course, try to restrain them. Chester Brown The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets. Jacques Yves Cousteau Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. Francis Bacon Always wanted to be an actress or work with animals and now I get to do both. Julia Barr I rather like getting away from fiction. Penelope Lively Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard. Sandra Oh Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life. Denis Waitley The Internet offers authors and their readers a new diversity of opportunities and freedom. Frederick Forsyth

authority of the Pope? Do you believe Christian schools teach students to question or challenge the authority of Jesus Christ? Do military schools teach the cadets to challenge the authority. Neal Boortz I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies. June Allyson Relatives cannot help you in the studios. You stand or fall by your own efforts. Glynis Johns A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops. Johnny Bench I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary. Yogi Berra I just want to keep creating stuff, work regularly and learn how to use a computer properly. Paul Putner Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread. John Stuart Mill This is why I belong, and why I believe. I commend to all this same search for happiness and for the truth. Clayton Christensen

to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe. John Holmes I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid. Pamela Anderson The supernatural is the natural not yet understood. Elbert Hubbard The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire. Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Expansion means complexity and complexity decay. C. Northcote Parkinson The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously daunting. William Kirby An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts. Otto von Bismarck It'll be a great place if they ever finish it. O. Henry

and the advantages of education given them, the coming years will be as bright and prosperous to the unfortunate race as the past has been dark and painful. Nelson A. Miles By the work one knows the workman. Jean de La Fontaine I started out with nothing. I still have most of it. Michael Davis If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it. Toni Morrison The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language. John C. Hawkes Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone. Gertrude Stein What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants. Joseph Wood Krutch Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts. Paramahansa Yogananda

religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. George Washington No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for. Tom Robbins Trusting our intuition often saves us from disaster. Anne Wilson Schaef It is a bad plan that admits of no modification. Publilius Syrus There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil. Richard Whately The only people I have seen who have been truly pushing for the truth are the family members. Sibel Edmonds Now comes the reign of iron. John Ericsson

man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified. Gilbert K. Chesterton It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess. Lucius Annaeus Seneca The way the tour has developed has been as good an example of that as you would like to see. David Gower One must know combinations, one must have a true knowledge of food to be in the moment. Charlie Trotter A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past. Fidel Castro A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind. Eugene Ionesco I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me. Ziyi Zhang Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success. Julie Benz

be something about the script that you really want to do. I wouldn't do a job if I didn't think I could do the best work I possibly could. Tom Wilkinson For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. Bo Bennett Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. Euripides Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave. A. A. Milne Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne. Bryan Procter Every generation needs a new revolution. Jeff Rich The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late. Seymour Cray That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident. William Hazlitt

that's how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren't, it was all just a part of my everyday life. Anjelica Huston In general my children refuse to eat anything that hasn't danced in television. Erma Bombeck Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. Arnold H. Glasow The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only. Thomas Hobbes I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not. Luther Allison I really take pride in the relationship that I have with my husband. Julie Benz There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs. Dwight D. Eisenhower An idea is salvation by imagination. Frank Lloyd Wright

six days we lit a spark that will positively impact the lives of our children and grandchildren, but the full fire is yet to come. Joe Manchin His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar. Robert Burns No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread. Robert Burton But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses. Christopher Shays With .NET once an API is published it's available to all programming languages at the same time. Miguel de Icaza After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. Nelson Mandela Don't get married to an actress because they're also actresses in bed. Roberto Rossellini To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man. Alan Paton

energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra plays mechanically, using mechanical energy; the conductor just moves his hands, and his movements have an effect on the music artistry. Leon Theremin Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill. William Butler Yeats I'm a giraffe. I even walk like a giraffe with a long neck and legs. It's a pretty dumb animal, mind you. Sophia Loren The ghastly thing about postal strikes is that after they are over, the service returns to normal. Richard J. Needham Action expresses priorities. Mahatma Gandhi For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep. George Santayana Every little girl knows about love. It is only her capacity to suffer because of it that increases. Francoise Sagan No More Avengers! There's nothing new to get out of it - I want to go forward, not backward. Honor Blackman

I really wanted to fit in I had to... show them that I was in a way just as adult as they were, 'cause I could hold my own just as well as they could, if not better. Jack Osbourne It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project. Herbie Hancock Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man. Mahatma Gandhi I think people want success, you know, and I'm the captain. Mats Sundin Communal well-being is central to human life. Cat Stevens Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on. H. L. Mencken Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it. George Dennison Prentice Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load. Charles Henry Parkhurst

kind of look to them. They all look like the same guy, and all the females look like the same, and I think the guys are just way too big. Mike Judge Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor. Jonathan Shapiro My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man. Glenda Jackson Every ten years there is a new generation of actors. Barbet Schroeder You could always go on changing things but there comes a time when you have to decide to stop. Peter Wright I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled. Richard Thompson I get strangely obsessed about the cleanliness of my house. Utada Hikaru Of course watching a particularly exciting game or a wonderful contestant is always a joy. Randy West

he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people. Harry Belafonte This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts. Adam Smith Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. Ralph Waldo Emerson Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence. Joan Baez All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. Earl Nightingale Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood. Walter Johnson We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society. Angela Davis Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. John W. Gardner

My office is around 100 yards from it. I call it Tex Mex because every couple of years it's changed hands and changed name, I'm not exactly sure why! Andrew Oliver Success can be built on a strong relationship between a lobbyist and a single, powerful lawmaker. Joshua Micah Marshall I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it. William Hogarth All those who are here can stay. I don't say send them home like he does. Pim Fortuyn If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist. Marianne Moore I hate music, especially when it's played. Jimmy Durante You'd be surprised. Girls like sensitive, namby-pamby guys. Lizzy Caplan Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven. Lao Tzu

sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune. Gordon Getty It makes us feel better that everyone out there is thinking of Maurice. Robin Gibb I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph. Margaret Thatcher Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born. Horace Husbands are like fires - they go out when unattended. Zsa Zsa Gabor Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek. Edmund Waller One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is. Ludwig Wittgenstein An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent. Charles Mackay

the kind of music that will not make people think only of the song or even of the singer... not music that is confined to the merely personal. Nelson Eddy To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement. Joseph Addison Frost is the greatest artist in our clime - he paints in nature and describes in rime. Thomas Hood Sex is the last refuge of the miserable. Quentin Crisp Hath the spirit of all beauty Kissed you in the path of duty? Anna Katharine Green Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. Francis Bacon Things are more like today than they have ever been before. Gerald R. Ford I confused things with their names: that is belief. Jean-Paul Sartre

skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity. Hans Kung I want to make lemonade out of the lemons that were dealt to me. Baron Hill That space between the white lines, that's my office. That's where I conduct my business. Early Wynn Compassion is not a popular virtue. Karen Armstrong It's easy to get a loan unless you need it. Norman Ralph Augustine My routines come out of total unhappiness. My audiences are my group therapy. Joan Rivers The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom. George W. Bush I started taking acting classes when I was twelve. Lindsay Wagner

South Dakotans of all ages. When people are overweight or obese, they have more health problems and more serious health problems, in addition to higher health care costs. Mike Rounds Two thirds of a century ago, we were given a national policy. It was made to fit the conditions of the day. John Bracken Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA. Brett Hull My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a quaker. Woody Allen If your support the community, they will support you. Jerry Greenfield I would be happy at a piano bar, singing. I just want to home in on being the best singer I can be. Debby Boone Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady. Edith Head We can control our borders, we just choose not too. Tom Tancredo

this district. People are really excited about the possibilities this election holds, not just for this district, but because of the message Alabama sent to the rest of the country. Artur Davis Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it. Fyodor Dostoevsky Life is a wave, which in no two consecutive moments of its existence is composed of the same particles. John Tyndall I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world. Muhammad Ali The objective is to enlarge the scope of your advantage which can only happen at someone else's expense. Bruce Henderson The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul. Christian Nestell Bovee The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. Johann Kaspar Lavater A Boston man is the east wind made flesh. Thomas Gold Appleton

elected to put together policy but the good thing about the Wentworth Group is that you know you've got 11 pretty capable people with a lot of good ideas. John Anderson It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. H. L. Mencken I sang on Church Street, every place that had a stage. Ruth Brown Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world. Thomas Guthrie I didn't have to say it. I just had to write it. It was painful enough. Robert B. Parker The American public is sick and tired of being lied to. Patrick Leahy You want people to feel something when you tell a story, whether they feel happy or whether they feel sad. Harry Dean Stanton Our extended family is an integral part of our daily lives and Connie and I welcome you with open arms. Frank Jordan

It is not Lindsey saying it, it's me. Lindsey would never say that. She's an actress first. It's just a bonus that she can dance and sing. Virginia Madsen Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. Jean Rostand I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all. Alan Shepard And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief. Benjamin Franklin Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with. John Wanamaker A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it. Henry Ford Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Unknown There is only one secret. To love what you are doing. Jayne Meadows

they look at it as a liability, and until they can understand that proactive security actually returns, gives them a return on investment, it's still a hard sell for people. Kevin Mitnick Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying! William Shakespeare The important thing is to do good work, no matter what medium you do it in. Roy Scheider It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish. J. R. R. Tolkien Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain I admire Jodie Foster. Her head is screwed on really well. It's not loose at all. Thora Birch Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous. Elias Canetti The worst men often give the best advice. Francis Bacon

a good ratio. I do believe we need to continue space flights, but maybe we can follow the example of the Russians and use unmanned vehicles to transport hardware into space. Lincoln Davis Kevin Keegan said if he had a blank sheet of paper, five names would be on it. Alvin Martin No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance. Giacomo Leopardi A lot of people in my life are getting sick or potentially going to get sick from tobacco. Jeremy London The best proof of love is trust. Joyce Brothers Over there, Kevin McHale, I feel like I'm talking to someone I know. It's just a total different atmosphere. Latrell Sprewell The sand stones had fragments of charcoal on some surfaces but found no recognisable fossils. George Mercer Dawson We've got to take care of the poor. Bob Riley

were being enjoyed, but if they weren't sending us a picture of their screens most of those writers would have spent their time playing the game rather than writing letters. David Crane I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar. Trevor Dunn The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little. Luc de Clapiers In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time. Debbie Allen I'm in fact a hair under six feet, but I'm very svelte. People would never see me if I turned sideways. Mo Rocca I love those who do not know how to live for today. Friedrich Nietzsche There is no justice among men. Nicholas II of Russia All the world loves a good loser. Kin Hubbard

I was growing up. I think one of the hardest things to figure out in life is what your calling is, and what truly makes you happy - not what you want to work at, but what you want to do. Scott Foley In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned. Natan Sharansky A man convinced against his will is not convinced. Laurence J. Peter I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time. Kelly Lynch The reason they call it 'golf' is that all the other 4 letter words were used up. Leslie Nielsen A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again. Jean Renoir The only people who are desperate to go on the show are people we're desperate not to have on the show. Graham Norton Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations. Charles Francis Richter

the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America. Lyndon B. Johnson What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind. Friedrich Nietzsche The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do. Pablo Casals People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long. Bertolt Brecht Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them. Jean de La Fontaine Well I went to New Orleans to cover the jazz festival for Trio, it's this new arts channel, it's really great. Amy Sedaris Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity. Desmond Tutu The only hero known to my childhood was Henry Clay. Rebecca Harding Davis

guitar in mind. I just write it as a song and that was probably one of the ones that left an opening for it. The song's all right, I wouldn't choose to sing it now. Roy Wood I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune. John Lee Hooker Dobie was so well written and so ahead of its time. Dwayne Hickman A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. William Arthur Ward There is something very satisfactory about being in the middle of something. Marilyn Hacker We will hang you, never fear, Most politely, most politely. William Gilbert One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet. Joseph Joubert First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

him. He was afraid of a white rat, and this fear extended to a rabbit, a fur coat, a feather, cotton wool, etc., but not to wooden blocks and similar toys. Mary C. Jones Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby. Walter Benjamin If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. Eubie Blake And plenty makes us poor. John Dryden Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense. Robert Frost I think that sometimes kids use the show as a jumping off point for talking about things with their parents. Luke Perry If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. Lucan

significant commitment of time in our busy society. So I want to make sure that when readers buy one of my books they get something they're familiar with. Jeffery Deaver When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all. Roger Zelazny Muscles come and go; flab lasts. Bill Vaughan To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings. Mary Baker Eddy The efforts you make will surely be rewarded. If not, then you are simply not ready to call them efforts. Sadaharu Oh Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character. George Santayana There is nothing like a dream to create the future. Victor Hugo Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. Agatha Christie

was quite cynical about marriage. But with Jude, I knew right from the beginning: there was an electricity I'd never felt before. It was so easy, we talked for hours. It was a relief, really. Sadie Frost Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you. Kin Hubbard If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through. Mariah Carey Even when I was little, I was big. William Perry I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan. Jean Rostand We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat. Bernard Baruch It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree. Bobby Scott There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble. Jack Kemp

his own drummer and frequently as this unfolded he made decisions which were sometimes inexplicable to us and sometimes didn't look very smart. Brent Scowcroft First off, I'm not a scientist, and I make no apology for that. Christopher Shays Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain. Richard M. Nixon Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist. Ned Rorem The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more. Colleen McCullough Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different. Tom Sizemore A key U.S. initiative in this trade war must be to develop reliable trading partners in the world. Jo Ann Emerson There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. Plato

frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies. Stanley Baldwin Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation. James Freeman Clarke I knew that discrimination existed, even though there were many individuals who were not prejudiced. Joseph Stiglitz For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act? Cyril Connolly The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. Henry Ward Beecher If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation. Kin Hubbard I am not insecure about being a journalist. Tucker Carlson

bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide. Norman Douglas I'm not really a pianist. Harold Budd Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather. Dale Evans We are all equal on this floor, and a senator must keep his word. Mike Mansfield I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need. Adam Osborne I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting. Elizabeth Moon When you see what some women marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living. Helen Rowland I and my colleagues here have been engaged in the pursuit of knowledge. Frederick Sanger

The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. Aristotle I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed. Martin Yan Gosh, I'd like to direct Our Town on stage. Robert Englund We should have won this one. I think it is a lost opportunity. Jimmy Haynes Everything's complicated, even those things that seem flat in their bleakness or sadness. Nick Hornby Carloads of tourists would photograph the family mailbox, and there was weird mail, death threats. Henry Thomas There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one. Isaac Hanson Work at being a humble person. John Templeton

of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama. Junichiro Koizumi It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives. Tony Robbins We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses. Alan Perlis If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on. Immanuel Kant You don't just throw the ball - you propel it. Warren Spahn In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day. F. Scott Fitzgerald Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense. Helen Rowland I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself. Steve Carlton

here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity. Thomas Merton That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff! David Hackworth I finished the movie a month ago in downtown Los Angeles. I had a lot of fun doing it. Coolio The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are mortal; but ideas are immortal. Richard Adams Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do. Babe Ruth For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Robert W. Welch, Jr. The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man. William Beveridge There's artists that I'm working with on a new label of mine. Foxy Nova and Supa N

the person, and saying there's a problem within the culture, that's not a medical answer. Medicine has to look in one direction, so there's only one type of answer that they can find. Chester Brown Lay the burden at the feet of the Savior. Richard G. Scott Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax. Charles Kettering The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. Richard M. Nixon A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot. William Randolph Well, my whole thing with gossip is I couldn't care less if it's true. Kathy Griffin I lost agents and managers because I turned down big movies that were smutty. Morgan Brittany People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera. Fiona Shaw

our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement. Marcus Garvey Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder. Charles Caleb Colton None know how often the hand of God is seen in a wilderness but them that rove it for a man's life. Thomas Cole Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility. Peter Drucker When I decided to go to a country that subsidized music, I went to the Soviet Union for two years. Alex North There would be no great men if there were no little ones. George Herbert Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day. Al Stewart I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there. Madeleine Albright

she's quite hard. She's going to see me naked. And my Dad, woah. Yeah, they're going to see me like a woman, you know? Eva Green In fact, I wouldn't really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album. Smokey Robinson But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked. Bob Dylan Neither wealth or greatness render us happy. Jean de La Fontaine Events tend to recur in cycles. W. Clement Stone My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world. Faye Wattleton Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence. Johann Kaspar Lavater It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential. Lynn Davies

grow Montana's economy, so that grandchildren can stay in Montana, grandchildren can visit their grandmother and grandfather by driving across town, not flying across the country. Brian Schweitzer I was never a celebrity - just a working actor. Martin Milner A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother. Homer Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history. Jacques Yves Cousteau It took me 36 years to be able to be by myself and like it. Wynonna Judd Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order. Arthur Helps For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough. Tammy Bruce Fear follows crime and is its punishment. Voltaire

time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected. William O. Douglas With our next generation hardware, polygon rendering will probably be an area we'll get more heavily into. Trip Hawkins Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special. R. L. Stine I'm a real bore. Eric Roberts One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul. Honore de Balzac Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will. Oliver Cromwell Flowers are happy things. P. G. Wodehouse

from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. Thomas Paine More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause. Rose Kennedy Dr. Larry and Viki are the only original characters left on the show. Michael Storm Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them. Lord Byron No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you. Zora Neale Hurston Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula. Dirk Benedict Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you. Jerry Gillies Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over. Joshua Slocum

to make sure I made the decision as to when I dropped my last album. If I don't feel like this album is an incredible piece of work, then I'm cool with the albums I've done. I don't have to put out another album. Sean Combs Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. Louis D. Brandeis When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better. Mae West I always told Hitch that it would have been better to put seats around the set and sell tickets. James Stewart If you judge, investigate. Lucius Annaeus Seneca If you wished to be loved, love. Lucius Annaeus Seneca The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster. Chris Morris I have a tendency to kick it up. I like to rattle the cage. Lisa Marie Presley

fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach. Woodrow Wilson If you wish to be a writer, write. Epictetus The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people. Will Cuppy The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him. Thomas Hardy All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. John Cheever A great mind becomes a great fortune. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men. John Calvin

equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. David Davis Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't. Alan Perlis People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make. Gilbert K. Chesterton My strategy has always been to give people just enough of me, then pull back. That way, they'll want more. Keith Sweat One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us. Tammy Bruce There are now over 5,000 medical physicists in the U.S more than 50 times the number in 1958. John Cameron Good acting is consistency of performance. Jim Dale When you've got eight or nine or ten cables running around with someone trying to operate them, it's too much. Peter Mayhew

the end of the road, they jolted me. And that was good. Because I sure as hell had no intention of just sitting around for the rest of my life. So I'd whip out the paints and really go to it. Norman Rockwell The more painful it is, tragically, the more you do learn, though, that's the good part. Sylvia Browne It's not that the film is violent, it's that people have an issue with violence right now. Thomas Jane My biggest regret is that I didn't teach my two children how to speak Spanish. Henry Darrow You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo. Bill Kurtis Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook. Oliver Goldsmith I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts. Karen Black I agree with the rest of the band, that a truly synthesized sound isn't really what I would want to go for. Mike Gordon

me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well. Vince Carter When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band. Brooke Burke They really can't imagine what my voice is like. Every time I sing a song, they are very surprised. Coco Lee We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made. Al Gore Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be. Clementine Paddleford This way of life is worth defending. George W. Bush I didn't dig it out, it was given to me. They thought it was significant, they gave me the name and I used it. Robert Novak The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. Saint Augustine

a smaller screen. It's much more precise. Ideally, I'd like to do maybe a film a year of some sort and use that to work more in the theatre because theatre really is my first love. Shuler Hensley It even has the same phraseology as the English orders of knighthood, companions and this sort of thing. George Woodcock To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches. Charles Baudelaire Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art. Baltasar Gracian Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind. Alexander Pope I wanted to communicate what I had seen, so that others could see it. Laurie Lee We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them. Vladimir Putin I'm always open for people saying I'm wrong because most of the time I am. Prince William

owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange. Mortimer Adler I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily. Morris Chestnut The Long Island Sound is an environmentally unique estuary that needs to be protected. Tim Bishop A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something. Stephen Leacock The first amp I had back in the '50s was a small Fender. Johnny Rivers The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority. John C. Calhoun Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself. Jane Addams It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week. Ted Shackelford

on people who are good-looking. But the minute you rely on that you get yourself in trouble. You certainly don't make a career out of that anymore as an actor. Alec Baldwin Every four weeks I go up a bra size... it's worth being pregnant just for the breasts. Natasha Hamilton When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. Hilaire Belloc All flowers in time bend towards the sun, I know you say there's no one for you, But here is one. Jeff Buckley Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us. George W. Bush My femininity is always something I've tried to preserve in this dog-eat-dog world. Margaret Smith Court There's something about the Irish that is remarkable. Fiona Shaw Most women are not as young as they are painted. Max Beerbohm

hard if you have to depend on style alone. I suppose there are people who can get away with styling on a regular basis. I'm not one of them. You're probably not, either. Allan Sloan If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm. Frank Lane I used to make up names when I used to catalog my stuff. Richard D. James I had a calling to become what I became - I was created to do this. La Monte Young Love is when each person is more concerned for the other than for one's self. David Frost I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance. Ogden Nash Only one music comes out of me. Anthony Davis I prefer a kiss that is so much more than just a tongue in your mouth. Katherine Heigl

broadened out there until it is almost a sea and the water is yellow with the mud of half a continent. Where the sun strikes it, it is golden. Frank Yerby Miscellaneous is always the largest category. Joel Rosenberg I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him. Gabriel Garcia Marquez No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see. F. Scott Fitzgerald Getting fired is hard. Alice Barrett You have to work at creating your own culture. Mitch Albom Music is the soundtrack of your life. Dick Clark For my part, I plan to work out a fair and adequate redistribution of city services to all city neighborhoods. Jane Byrne

on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God save us from reading nothing but the best. Robertson Davies No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream. Thomas Moore Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. Benjamin Franklin An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away. Bill Klem Like father, like son, four years and this president is done. Dick Gephardt Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic. John le Carre I've always been kind of a loner. Continue to be. Ben McKenzie I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me. Langston Hughes

go there... but I don't think it should be open-ended. We ought to have a benchmark where the administration has to come back and give us a report. Edward Kennedy But I'm just having fun playing and giving Botox injections to the older songs. Richard Marx States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions. Noam Chomsky Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him. Orson Welles He suddenly found himself on the precipice of utility. J. F. Powers I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere. Darrell Royal He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace. John Mason Brown Let us walk into the conference room as equals and not second class citizens. Martin McGuinness

the lives of fantasy writers and editors. I get to live in England and work for a New York publisher! Terri Windling I also watched a lot of football and sports. I haven't had much time to watch too much TV lately. Casper Van Dien I don't like to waste anything. Any food left over from the night before is always eaten the next day. Martin Yan Mr. Breton didn't know about location, location, location. Daniel Pinkwater I think I've always been good so God wouldn't strike me dead. Heather Locklear The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. Mike Murdock Do every act of your life as if it were your last. Marcus Aurelius One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed. Bernard Baruch

only ended up spending about - not only, but I spent about 2 million. But I had no intention of doing that until I was attacked with a negative ad by an independent group. Rahm Emanuel Oh, and Scott, get Mark to play me. He's the most talented one anyway. Mark McKinney I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams. Madonna Ciccone I want you to see that I'm looking. Look at me look at you. I'm cool with that. Busta Rhymes The fundamental issue is the moral issue. David Attenborough But your questions, which are unanswerable without exception, all spring from the same erroneous thinking. Herman Hesse If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed. Harvey S. Firestone

we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences. Madeleine Albright Praise the sea, on shore remain. John Florio The essence of good government is trust. Kathleen Sebelius It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old. Leigh Hunt We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field. Warren E. Burger Punishment is justice for the unjust. Saint Augustine No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger. Heraclitus In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child. Suzanne Farrell

who happen to be in a particular place. They might be outside a pub, or on a beach or in a studio. They might have clothes on or they might not. Peter Wright Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body? Virginia Woolf Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious. Henri Frederic Amiel For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours. E. P. Thompson A finished person is a boring person. Anna Quindlen Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me. Herbie Hancock I'm actually really opposed to the death penalty. Bill Paxton Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well. Denis Waitley

unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race. Denis Kearney As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust. Marianne Moore It's a big shame, because 'Trixter' in my mind were what a real rock n' roll band is all about. Steve Brown Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be. Jim Horning Whether you accept or reject it, God's Love for you is permanent. Sri Chinmoy None of them going to treat me bad, honey, I'm too strict for that. Alberta Hunter Only Americans can hurt America. Dwight D. Eisenhower Which Esther Williams do you want to hear about? Esther Williams

to insist that, in words as well as in deeds, the interests of our constituency primarily and of the Nation ultimately are served. Diane Watson Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible. Walter Lippmann Our company is built on people - those who work for us, and those we do business with. Harvey S. Firestone Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands. Mahatma Gandhi We're so trendy we can't even escape ourselves. Kurt Cobain Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better. George Santayana The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web. Edwin Way Teale At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it. Peter Ustinov

be able to make it so natural that you can just get out, and sit down and walk away from it, and there's nothing wrong with that. Nancy Johnson Actors are crazy or we wouldn't be doing this. Eileen Brennan Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation. Vannevar Bush Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. Ambrose Bierce There is a large stock on hand; but somehow or other, nobody's experience ever suits us but our own. Letitia Elizabeth Landon There are a lot of great actresses out there. You learn to appreciate each one for what they offer. Victoria Pratt People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense. Tracy Kidder We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities. Thomas Paine

the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon. Virginia Foxx Youth is not restored by the dyeing of your hair. Abu Bakr Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress. Charles Kettering In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance. John Perry Barlow There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. O. Henry We all ended up jumping up and down, hugging each other when Ali won; cause Ali is the greatest. Jim Capaldi How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking. David Joseph Schwartz Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. Samuel Butler

controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place. Chuck Close Running is my church. Joan Van Ark Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense. David Deutsch Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Why watch someone kissing when people really close their eyes when they kiss? John Hughes At home we're the hosts, and I never liked the idea of being embarrased in front of our friends. Knute Rockne Hollywood is like Picasso's bathroom. Candice Bergen Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore. Dennis Quaid

and political imagination for all of our people. The American democratic system was an early political version of Napster. Al Gore If the Wright Brothers were alive today, Orville would have to lay off Wilbur. Robert Crandall These kids today, everything is about hitting a vocal home run. Frankie Avalon My older sister Nikki went to Hampton music school in Virginia, then to another school later in New York. Debra Wilson Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law. Hubert H. Humphrey Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property. Maria Edgeworth I don't think people want to see someone buy a congressional race. Frank R. Wolf College was a great time. I partied there, but I also learned how to act. Lusia Strus

when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news. Sean Bean I'm the lamest lame duck there could be. George C. Wallace As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving. Ben Kingsley To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me. Frederick Douglass All of North Korea is a jail. Kim Young-sam Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures. Tom Peters Why should I talk to you? I don't know where you're from. Al Davis

or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always. Willa Cather I went to Ithaca, found the Grateful Dead and my life was changed. David Boreanaz It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man. Xenophanes The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse. Michael Caine We haven't had a good energy policy in this country for decades and we're trying to get one. Paul Gillmor Touching people is very rewarding to me. Della Reese The horror genre is important because it promotes experimentation in filmmaking. Richard King Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business. Washington Irving

first time I picked up the instrument. There's always this sound out there that's just a little bit beyond my reach and I'm trying to get there and that just sort of keeps me going. Bill Frisell How shall I speak of Doom, and ours in special, But as of something altogether common? Donald Justice I was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto. Walter Kohn All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved. Rita Hayworth In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die. Chuck Schumer Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none. Thomas Jefferson I'd be a fool to be in this for the money. Benny Hinn Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. Aristotle

in the country, not only comedy. I just think she's just a step aside from everybody, she's just wonderful. Fred Willard There was just something about me she did not like. Andy Griffith Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. John Howe I'm planning on finishing the Gospels at some point. Chester Brown Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious. Baruch Spinoza Our true nationality is mankind. H. G. Wells Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display? Lucius Annaeus Seneca Bad excuses are worse than none. Thomas Fuller

equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies. Willa Cather I say there're no depressed words just depressed minds. Bob Dylan There has been a substitution of ideology for fact and scientific and engineering data in this administration. Vint Cerf Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost. Terry Brooks Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on. Robert Frost It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles. Claude M. Bristol The best politics is no politics. Henry M. Jackson People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament. A. P. Herbert

murdered, I talked to several radio stations in defense of him because I know how Bobby Blake really is, and as far as I'm concerned, there's no murder in his heart. Tommy Bond He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged. Benjamin Franklin First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Epictetus Actually I was writing with people that didn't get records. Cynthia Weil Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship. Sydney Smith If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been. Robert H. Schuller I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it? Elliott Smith The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead. Joseph Smith, Jr.

can use their athletic gifts to get them a free degree or a free diploma across the border then I guess I'm doing my job. Donovan Bailey He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites. Emo Philips Education is critical not only to each one of us individually, but also to build the economic vitality of our state. John Hoeven Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto. Thomas Jefferson So I like that sound, but I am not interested in being retro. Stephan Jenkins When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions. W. Clement Stone I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive. Donna Tartt I'm really a library man, or second-hand book man. John le Carre

with some of the greatest blues people who've ever lived, but to learn how they played, how they sang, how they lived their lives, ran their marriages, and talked to their kids. Bonnie Raitt I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang. Ruben Blades Ah, dearer than my soul. Dearer than light, or life, or fame. John Oldham Happiness comes from... some curious adjustment to life. Hugh Walpole To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery. Ouida His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours. Arthur Baer Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority. Alfred Adler I thought The Office was good, though I didn't think of it as a sitcom, just as a very good programme. Dylan Moran

in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now? Jim Capaldi Your journey never ends. Life has a way of changing things in incredible ways. Alexander Volkov The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster. Ludwig von Mises O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms? William Cowper Well, I realized finally that all of the hard work paid off. David Naughton Ill give you a definite maybe. Samuel Goldwyn When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book. Margaret Walker Logic, sometimes has very little to do with political action. Alexander Mackenzie

existence, not so much of a number of different realities, but of a number of different lenses with which to see the same reality. Michael Arlen Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics. Gerry Cooney I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours. Nicholas Sparks It was a great time to be making music because everything else was changing. Gordon Waller Good government is the outcome of private virtue. John Jay Chapman Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here. Ramakrishna I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour. Ben Kingsley Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities. C. S. Lewis

thing about them is that neither is really practiced very much, at least not consciously. But the fact that they are methodical does relate them. Frederik Pohl Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness. Edward Young What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. Anna Jameson Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins. Ayn Rand The team pulled together very well, whatever we tried worked. David Gower Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth. John Lyly Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love. Washington Irving

If you're gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn't work that way. Ahmad Jamal We have no other means of recognising a work of art than our feeling for it. Clive Bell Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. Ralph Waldo Emerson It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them. Rose Macaulay I'm here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I'm not sure which is more painful. James Caan A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it? Ernst Haas The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie. Joseph Brodsky Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always. Guy Debord

I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed. Abraham Lincoln Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears. Barbara Johnson The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts. Charles Henry Parkhurst If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen. Theophile Gautier The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. Orlando Aloysius Battista Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye. Jacopo Sannazaro Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is. Kim Campbell

some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun. Peter Singer Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it: if you are sick you should not take it. Henry Ford Comfort zones are plush lined coffins. When you stay in your plush lined coffins, you die. Stan Dale The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. Carl Sandburg The nation voted us to power to see unity and communal harmony, not for any division or communality. Khaleda Zia I think the whole nerves thing comes into play when we worry about what other people and society will think. Dana Plato My M.O. over the years is that I make things better, where people give me that freedom. Michael Ironside What comes next? Super Mario 128? Actually, that's what I want to do. Shigeru Miyamoto

you think it's a good idea for some of those people to at least follow a code of ethics? Not 'honor' but something you can pin down and be sure of, something with the same rules for everybody. Mercedes Lackey I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad. E. L. Doctorow I'm trying to do the kind of projects that I want to see in the theatre. Nicholas Lea Water for me is so essential, like swimming. Nastassja Kinski A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own. George Canning Woman is always fickle - foolish is he who trusts her. Francis I I remember being a kid and the Vietnam War was huge and looking at Watergate. David Cross When I came into the WWF, the first thing I really didn't want to have was being Bret Hart's little brother. Owen Hart

a really good teacher. This is what made all the difference. A good teacher will teach you the technique, but also how to listen to your voice. Cecilia Bartoli An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband. Booth Tarkington White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion. William S. Paley Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. John W. Gardner We're all human and we all goof. Do things that may be wrong, but do something. Newt Gingrich Our nest eggs, no matter how small, are safe. Nick Clooney With BitTorrent, the cat's out of the bag. Bram Cohen What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime. Frank Abagnale

mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash. Louis Aragon Good council has no price. Giuseppe Mazzini Why is there so much month left at the end of the money? John Barrymore I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. Francis Bacon A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. King Solomon When you are happy you can forgive a great deal. Princess Diana Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life. Linus Pauling

and how quickly it has gone. Then it really speeds up exponentially. With that, I think you start to put a lot of things into context; you start to see how huge the world is, and really, the universe. Michael Keaton No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. Mahatma Gandhi After deep exercise of soul I was brought by grace to feel I could entirely. John Nelson Darby In real life, one of my friends was killed in a car accident during our sophomore year. Beverley Mitchell If co-operation, is thus the lifeblood of science and technology, it is similarly vital to society as a whole. Arthur Holly Compton Some day I shall be President. Abraham Lincoln Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds. Remy de Gourmont Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification of nature. Susanne Langer

is a sensible, simple, and straightforward approach that will finally get us off dead center. Cyrus Vance I always look for a challenge and something that's different. Tom Cruise When I began competing with the other artists in New York, I discovered classical North Indian music. Henry Flynt We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world. Yahoo Serious It is difficult because the school I go to, my friends do not attend. Mila Kunis No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness. Georges Bernanos There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact. Donald Rumsfeld I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire. Howard Hughes

thing broke last week, where they arrested him, and we were watching what was going on on the whole deal, and I was actually flabbergasted, at what the then police chief Parks was saying. Tommy Bond America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth. Jesse Jackson I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink. Joe E. Lewis Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that's usually how you end up crying? Chuck Palahniuk In California, they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into TV shows. Woody Allen The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet. Rebecca Harding Davis Malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man. A. E. Housman The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. Cyril Connolly

static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition. John Portman Drive slow and enjoy the scenery - drive fast and join the scenery. Douglas Horton A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant. Wilson Mizner There's a gray area there that I'm satisfied is not gray. Robert Conrad The person who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more. Richard J. Needham Success breeds volume, and it's just amazing how many young writers, artists, and musicians there are in town. Steven Curtis Chapman There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living. David Starr Jordan He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason. Baruch Spinoza

agricultural markets more fully to the products of the poorer countries of the globe. They are agricultural societies that need our markets more than our charity. John Redwood College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity. Tom Ford All great novels, all true novels, are bisexual. Milan Kundera Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice. Nora Roberts In any restaurant of this caliber, the chefs are in the same position, building relationships. Thomas Keller The press is like the air, a chartered libertine. William Pitt To be with the same person for the rest of your life just sounds so drab. Eva Longoria I got an early education from television. Debra Wilson

a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it. Besides, in Israel, everyone carries a biography deep inside him. Aharon Appelfeld Making peace is harder than making war. Adlai E. Stevenson I was the center square on Hollywood Squares for about fifteen weeks. Jerry Mathers Like what you do. If you don't like it, do something else. Paul Harvey There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything. Gloria Gaynor To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are. Cat Stevens Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. Helen Keller All things truly wicked start from innocence. Ernest Hemingway

things, including adult stem cells which are largely cells devoted to replacing individual tissues like blood elements or liver or even the brain. David Baltimore Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth. Dizzy Dean It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject. Cass Gilbert Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on. Christian Nestell Bovee Without the United States, there simply would not have been an armed uprising in our country. Daniel Ortega Power to the peaceful! Michael Franti A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. John F. Kennedy If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you. Dick Cavett

pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying the planet and laying the foundation for violent outbursts and racial division. Jerry Brown There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. Oscar Levant There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman. Henry Fielding I consider myself an excellent candidate... because I care. Vincent Frank Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia. Alexis Carrel If you want to be loved, be lovable. Ovid Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery. Wayne Dyer What you get free costs too much. Jean Anouilh

and to major agencies of government to assist in planning and to acquaint the incoming administration with the civil servants and bureaucracy that will remain in place in the new Administration. Richard V. Allen There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. Henry David Thoreau I fell off my pink cloud with a thud. Elizabeth Taylor It's your body and your life and you have an absolute right to do with it as you choose. Daniel Keys Moran You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff. Frank Crane Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence. Leonard Peikoff With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable. Michael Shanks We all have a fear of the unknown what one does with that fear will make all the difference in the world. Lillian Russell

always give you something from a movie, and you'd go, what did you just play... immediately inspirational writings, amazing. That's what we're going to miss. Robin Gibb I think we all have had better days in competition. Carly Patterson Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick. Candice Bergen My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing. Dan Blocker Please accept a promise from me in his name that I will always live in the religion in which he died. Giacomo Meyerbeer Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run. Edward Hoagland Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought. Napoleon Hill Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man. William Ralph Inge

you have the ability to fight and play, you're an unbelievable commodity. But if you can only fight, there might be six of those guys left in the league, and I can guarantee they're going fast. Brett Hull We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves. Leo Buscaglia The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours. Peggy Fleming Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch. Robert Orben In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself. Seamus Heaney You are one of the forces of nature. Jules Michelet I just get the same stuff as I did before, but the price tag is much higher. Robbie Coltrane It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband. Euripides

charter, there be not a seal grant of a lesser, though like privilege, and this by virtue of Christ, in that we have the honour to be accounted Abraham's seed as truly as they. Thomas Goodwin It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it. Salman Rushdie I am a child of God. Wynonna Judd School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect so why bother. Tre Cool To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all. Walt Whitman There was no 'before' the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time. John D. Barrow This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves. Friedrich Nietzsche The conservative argument is that the economy is like the weather, that it just operates automatically. Sidney Blumenthal

with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. Dave Davies Beauty is often worse than wine; intoxicating both the holder and beholder. John Zimmerman Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night! Count Basie We have art in order not to die of the truth. Friedrich Nietzsche I have willpower and determination. I am very resilient, like rock. Carnie Wilson I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something. Elliott Smith When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it. Pablo Picasso To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight. Charles de Montesquieu

confident Mike can, I'm in. You know I always want to do those. But I also want to keep going in some of the direction as Meet the Parents has. Jay Roach Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it. W. C. Fields I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself. Conrad Veidt I don't know if it was much of an interview. We just shot the breeze. Richard Petty My wife met me at the door the other night in a sexy negligee. Unfortunately, she was just coming home. Rodney Dangerfield If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere. Henry Ward Beecher It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls. Katharine Lee Bates Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares. Jack Kevorkian

years away, was only ten years away. And what I thought was ten years away... it was already here. I just wasn't aware of it yet. Bruce Sterling The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it. Richard Bach Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath? Phil Ochs People who think dying is the worst thing don't know a thing about life. Sue Monk Kidd Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free. Bill Richardson Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest. Helen Rowland I may be the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next to me. Elisabeth Shue Sexual behavior was also generally considered off limits. Roger Mudd