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The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront

it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and your cunning, and your ability to fight in the way the Iraqis are fighting. Arundhati Roy Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? William Butler Yeats New faces have more authority than accustomed ones. Euripides If you're totally illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization never come to you. Jimmy Carter Hell is full of musical amateurs. George Bernard Shaw Having Willie Stargell on your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger. Chuck Tanner I feel like I'm walking on eggs and can't take another step. Bill Buckner

We are aware that in 2005 our efforts to preserve the stability and prestige of

the Republic of Bulgaria in the area of foreign policy, and our efforts to attain fully our strategic goals will be mostly contingent upon the way we address our domestic priorities. Georgi Parvanov I eat a variety of foods like vegetables, fruit and beef for protein and iron. Sasha Cohen Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. Salman Rushdie Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. Epictetus I was an accidental actor. I was never formally trained. David Soul As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent. Socrates I don't think I'm a criminal, number one. Kenneth Lay

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to

find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage. Robert Louis Stevenson Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. Horace I live in Hamburg; that's in the north. And I live on the outskirts of town. It looks like countryside. Cornelia Funke I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills. Peter Mandelson I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music. Mick Taylor I've never been arrested. I've been stopped, searched and had a gun put to my head by the Chicago cops. Tim Meadows Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has. Josh Billings

I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in

support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law. Paul Martin I don't know what better teenage life you could get than going around the world doing what you love to do. Anna Kournikova I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo The soul is healed by being with children. Fyodor Dostoevsky It is formatted, and I'm tired of using vi. I get really bored. Bill Joy There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot. L. Sprague de Camp Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is advancing. Giuseppe Mazzini

I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with

my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman - in spite of the fact that all three of them reacted positively I still have this fear. Michael Chabon The public is wiser than the wisest critic. George Bancroft I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them. Barbara McClintock I think it is wrong to spend $4 or $5 million in a campaign. Bill Scott I'm not saying that the gas chambers didn't exist. I couldn't see them myself. Jean-Marie Le Pen Family, nature and health all go together. Olivia Newton-John I liked playing Morph in Mash and Peas and doing Phil Daniels in the Blur Rock Profile was a giggle too. Paul Putner

The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and

world order... between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to build a universal and durable peace. Arthur Henderson I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing. Tony Scott Most mothers are instinctive philosophers. Harriet Beecher Stowe We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is. Adlai E. Stevenson I do benefits for all religions - I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality. Bob Hope Many people think that depression is something you just have to live with when you get older, but it's not. Tom Bosley Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. Napoleon Bonaparte

Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest

degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their conduct in every particular manifested the sincerity of their declarations. William Henry Ashley He enjoys much who is thankful for little. Thomas Secker When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous. Calvin Coolidge Horse racing is animated roulette. Roger Kahn One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists. Carter G. Woodson Action conquers fear. Peter Nivio Zarlenga Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have. Gavin Newsom

It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter

on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being. Conrad Veidt I've always thought of science fiction as being, at some level, a 19th-century business. Robert Reed Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. George Orwell He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. John Milton The long and short of it is, we need more rigor in all kinds of programs. Margaret Spellings It's nice to be important, but it's important to always be nice. Alyssa Milano Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. C. Northcote Parkinson

I wish to say to you that the life of an enlightened people and a

vibrant nation cannot be measured by the life of an individual. A successful person is one who manages to lay down a new stone, a brick that would help firm up his nation's existence. Hussein of Jordan It ain't the picture and it ain't the camera - it's the operator. Simon Travaglia Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. Jesse Owens I hope to find the perfect band as well, I really do, and I'm working very hard to find that band. Vinnie Vincent You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences. W. Somerset Maugham If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. Thomas Szasz I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. Milton Friedman

Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time

and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination. Chad Smith There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves. Jose Rizal In our school you were searched for guns and knifes on the way in and if you didn't have any, they gave you some. Emo Philips I don't dictate the solos and I don't dictate the vocal harmonies. Dan Hicks Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced. Edward de Bono If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone. Maxwell Maltz I wanted to get out of Mississippi in the worst way. Go back? What I want to go back for? Muddy Waters

I love that men like to look at women, that they love sports, that they

need to know the inner workings of mechanical objects. I love the whole makeup of men - that they never mature and are always just boys. Krista Allen Somebody referred to me as a ringleader, which I wouldn't have classed myself as, but anyway, there you go. Miranda Richardson I love playing in Fantomas, which is very strict in terms of composition. Trevor Dunn We love even when our love is not requited. Mortimer Adler The people who actually do things always suffer the slings and arrows of those who don't. Craig Bruce Wishing of all employments is the worst. Edward Young We all want to look younger, become stronger and healthier and live longer. Suzanne Fields

It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe

around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes. Muhammad Iqbal Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal. Will Durant I like movies that challenge people to recognize different things. Casper Van Dien A bad peace is even worse than war. Tacitus To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below! Edmund Waller It's time for conservative Americans to right the ship again. Mike Pence To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Don't commit to being a columnist unless you're willing to do it right. Report your

behind off, so you have something original and useful to say. Say it in a way that will interest someone other than you, your family and your sources. Allan Sloan Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets. Nido Qubein I don't care what they do with my book so long as the flippin check clears. Chuck Palahniuk Altamont... I remember all of that. That was an awful day. Mick Taylor Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. Thomas Moore On the whole, I'd rather be in Philidelphia. W. C. Fields A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when

I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you're supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it. Lisa Leslie Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. Plutarch Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice. H. L. Mencken Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners. Benjamin Banneker Everyone, young and old, must have access to the knowledge and skills to participate in the evolving economy. James H. Douglas, Jr. They don't need a lawyer, they need a toastmaster. Edward Bennett Williams Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not know how long we shall have each other. Joshua L. Liebman

The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop

or rock and roll. But what differentiated us from what everybody else was doing in the business was the fact that you could tell that these people came from different reference areas. Kevin Ayers When the PC was launched, people knew it was important. Bill Gates The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. William Dean Howells People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom. George Sanders Better break your word than do worse in keeping it. Thomas Fuller Frankly, I was surprised at how generous the Japanese press has been to the idea of a foreigner running Sony. Howard Stringer Sex, sexual dynamics and how we define our sexuality, is one of the major deals in everyone's life. Molly Parker

The State of Israel has faced obstacles and challenges to its very survival, with conventional

military attacks leading the way to suicide bombers who have killed innocent Israeli men, women, and children. Jerry Costello And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows. Dick Wolf Authority is never without hate. Euripides Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties. Charles Spurgeon Sex is not sinful, but sin has perverted it. Walter Lang Clearly, Japan is a most important market for digital consumer products. David Milne Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. Billy Martin

They are the only people in the world who I can truly trust and rely

on. Touring gets really lonely. I guess I have friends around me but when you're paying them can they ever really be true friends? Kelly Osbourne We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune. Charles Kuralt Far from being hostile to religion is capable of rendering religion important services. Henry Norris Russell There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it. Mary Lyon I'm dating a woman now who, evidently, is unaware of it. Garry Shandling The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment. Tony Robbins I'm an atheist and I thank God for it. George Bernard Shaw

When I started out, I preferred to watch my films without music, as its presence

tends to mask the underlying pace of the film. I felt I could feel the rhythm of the film better without music to influence me. Paul Hirsch Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long. W. Somerset Maugham I can't go on. I'll go on. Samuel Beckett I'd rather have a part where you walk into a room and you leave. That's perfect for me. Amy Sedaris A fool and her money are soon courted. Helen Rowland Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity. Herbert Spencer The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth. Joey Ramone

It is not always what we know or analyzed before we make a decision that

makes it a great decision. It is what we do after we make the decision to implement and execute it that makes it a good decision. William Pollard They seem to be charmed by my Southern accent. Cleo Moore Welfare makes you dependent upon someone to take care of you. Charles Evers Politics are a very unsatisfactory game. Henry Adams One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. Oscar Wilde No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness. Matthew Henry And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning. Dar Williams

What's really important in life? Sitting on a beach? Looking at television eight hours a

day? I think we have to appreciate that we're alive for only a limited period of time, and we'll spend most of our lives working. Victor Kiam I'm a lapsed altar boy. Guillermo del Toro Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication. Karen Black I'm tired of playing the brat. Casey Affleck What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly. Richard Bach Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position. Christopher Marlowe Sometimes you can do all the right things and not succeed. And that's a hard lesson of reality. Donna Tartt

Rodgers and Hammerstein didn't mean anything to me. I just wanted to have a hit,

I just wanted to be like those people on the radio. It was all of a case of the present tense with no projecting into the future, particularly. Art Garfunkel Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen. Willa Cather A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery. Clare Boothe Luce I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough. Mark Twain Politics is the womb in which war develops. Carl von Clausewitz Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will. Frederick William Robertson The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now. Lana Turner

If I get a script that's set in the jungle it goes to the bottom

of the pile because I don't think the playgrounds are going to be very good there! I'm really aware of how lucky I am but I have the kind of job where I can bring my child to work. Kate Beckinsale Our favorite holding period is forever. Warren Buffett It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward. Dolores Ibarruri The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end. Viktor Yushchenko I believe that Canadians have the common sense to see that a better future cannot be built on fragmentation. Kim Campbell Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit. Stendhal The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven. Mark Twain

I'm absolutely convinced that the threat we face now, the idea of a terrorist in

the middle of one of our cities with a nuclear weapon, is very real and that we have to use extraordinary measures to deal with it. Dick Cheney I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. Jeffery Deaver I felt alone out there, like I was on a desert island. I felt like Gilligan. Mickey Rivers I just want to be treated like an average guy. John Fahey So government acts as a safeguard of our property. William Weld The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts. Earl Nightingale In nature, there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation. Edwin Way Teale

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling

in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing. Ludacris Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there. Alan Cox But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end. Barry Gibb Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice. Barbra Streisand Can I tell you how strange it is to look in your rearview mirror and see guys in cars tailing you? David Schwimmer The beautiful uncut hair of graves. Walt Whitman Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes. Napoleon Hill

I have accomplished a lot, but it didn't happen overnight for me. I was 35

when I got the show, and had been working professionally for 15 years. It would be a lot weirder if I were in my early 20s and stumbled into it. Eric McCormack Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency. James H. Douglas, Jr. I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married. Cathy Guisewite Obviously I'm not 21 anymore, but I think I can still throw with anybody. Dan Marino By going solo I could lose a fortune but money is not important. Barry Gibb Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision. Robertson Davies I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt. Kirsten Dunst

While the President leads his potential adversaries in almost every state, his support is soft.

He is seen as honest, sincere, just, and friendly but gets mediocre or relatively poor ratings being competent strong, intelligent, and a forceful leader. Robert Teeter Hey kid, do you want to come and talk to Charlie? Edgar Bergen Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit. James Allen The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. Albert Einstein My best score ever is 103, but I've only been playing 15 years. Alex Karras The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. Kin Hubbard It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner. Vin Scully

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon

other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. Plato The most powerful moral influence is example. Huston Smith Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators. Amos Bronson Alcott No man is hurt but by himself. Diogenes Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. Francis Bacon Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. Marcus Tullius Cicero Applications for loans would be judged on a nation's social justice record as well as its economic efficiency. Lewis Thompson Preston

It definitely seems like we are connecting with people, which is nice, because I've had

a lot of music do the same for me. It's not like I don't I understand why we get the reactions we do. Jon Crosby So I like to make music, and I like to share music. This is also a gift. Cecilia Bartoli It's a well known thing that ordinary perceptions can have a strange aspect when one is travelling. Kenneth Koch I've recently enjoyed the Paul Thomas Anderson commentaries and the David Fincher commentaries. Jay Roach We have to make America the best place in the world to do business. Dick Cheney Since he is of no use anymore, there is no gain if he lives and no loss if he dies. Pol Pot I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong. Samuel Goldwyn

Government spending is being restrained, the economy is making progress and moving forward, and the

pro-growth, tax cutting policies put in place have allowed businesses to grow, which has brought in additional tax revenue to help pay off the debt. Bill Shuster Reason, I sacrifice you to the evening breeze. Aime Cesaire Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical. Lili Taylor In fact, I would defend to the death their right to express a different point of view. Martin McGuinness The only place opportunity cannot be found is in a closed-minded person. Bo Bennett To fight fear, act. To increase fear - wait, put off postpone. David Joseph Schwartz So I decided to start writing plays, and went to Yale. Richard Foreman

Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up

when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport. Bobby Charlton I was such a dork. I was too big. I was really gangly. Kristen Johnston Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken. Jonathan Swift If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like. Phyllis Diller The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. Herodotus Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish. Jean de La Fontaine The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. Harvey S. Firestone

The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords

the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which has so often ruined individuals, states and empires; and which has now brought almost universal bankruptcy upon us. Josiah Warren We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves. Rita Hayworth There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor. James Cash Penney Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage. Debbie Allen It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes. Robert Louis Stevenson What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married? George Bernard Shaw I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge. Joseph Fiennes

Nothing is worse, or more of a breach of the social contract between citizen and

state, than for government officials, bureaucrats and agencies to waste the money entrusted to them by the people they serve. Bob Riley Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. Joseph Conrad Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. Winston Churchill I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions. Charles Darwin My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression. Sally Kirkland Experience is the extract of suffering. Arthur Helps I had a ball doing Harry Potter. Fiona Shaw

I'm not used to crying. It's a little difficult. All my life I've had to

fight. It's just another fight I'm going to have to learn how to win, that's all. I'm just going to have to keep smiling. Serena Williams If there is an error of human judgment, I am the human. William Mulholland San Francisco. The one team that everyone in LA hates. Jeremy Sumpter Give your clients the earliest delivery consistent with quality - whatever the inconvenience to us. Arthur C. Nielsen Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness. Julia Cameron Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant. Leigh Hunt We blocked them inside the city. Their rear is blocked. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're

born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given. Natalie Portman The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety. Virgil As a student in London, I had seen so many shows, so many plays and had seen so many greats of the day. David Naughton Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit. Victor Hugo It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not. Jonathan Swift Will he get a place for his oldest boy? He can not. His girl? Why, the Chinaman is in her place too! Denis Kearney The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing

upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our 'accepting' and 'willing' are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God. Aiden Wilson Tozer I am responsible only to God and history. Francisco Franco Genius is childhood recalled at will. Charles Baudelaire It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct. Debbie Allen The Europeans must finally understand the incredible shock triggered by the attacks of September 11. Brent Scowcroft Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information. John Erskine The man who has no imagination has no wings. Muhammad Ali

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system,

that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it. George Washington To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule. Emily Post He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer. William Proxmire Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones. Benjamin Disraeli My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness. Mary Garden All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full. King Solomon My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international. Al-Waleed bin Talal

I'd never been a teacher before, and here I was starting my first day with

these eager students. There was a shortage of teachers, and they had been without a math teacher for six months. They were so excited to learn math. Andrew Shue Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never. Charles Caleb Colton Love is the same as like except you feel sexier. Judith Viorst In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll. Yahoo Serious I am happy that women can relate to my songs, and hopefully men can too. Martina McBride The best thing you've got going for you is individuality. Richard Thompson The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others. Marcus Tullius Cicero

When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the

truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The complex is made over into the simple, the hypothetical into the dogmatic, and the relative into an absolute. Walter Lippmann Some ticket buyers think they don't like Jews. Jack L. Warner We need to spend more money to insure that our troops are properly equipped. Brian Higgins I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence. Christopher Hampton You know, if it doesn't work, we can always cut it. Michael Shanks Crime when it succeeds is called virtue. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Dan Rather and I just aren't especially chummy. Walter Cronkite

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if

properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. Lyndon B. Johnson It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it. Robert Louis Stevenson The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: does the painter's emotions come across? Franz Kline I was a great fan of Jim Henson. Terri Windling An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm. Peter Straub When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't. Stephan Jenkins If I've learned one thing in life, it's: Stand for something or you'll fall for anything. Bonnie Hunt

I limited myself to introduce a change in my way of thinking and the way

I see things. When I look at my child, I do it in a different way then when I'm contemplating a chair. They are different... the child is a living being, and the chair is an object. Meg Tilly Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation. Walter Lang They're desperately searching for meaning in their lives but they will not crack the Bible open. Victoria Jackson Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art. Virginia Woolf We don't have a lot of neighbors so we can blast the stereo. Lita Ford We teach teens what we think they ought to know, and we never tell them what they want to know. Sue Johanson What is worst about America was acted out. What is best in America doesn't export. Robert Stone

It's funny, but when there are dominant teams, there are a number of people who

rail about the fact that they're always seeing the Dallas Cowboys or the San Francisco 49ers or the Green Bay either in the playoffs or in the Super Bowl. Al Michaels Knowing the rules and remembering the rules are two completely different things. Simon Travaglia I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around. Eva Green Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. Francis Bacon I don't believe in luck. I believe everything happens for a reason. Nelly A great trademark is appropriate, dynamic, distinctive, memorable and unique. Primo Angeli God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear. Ruby Dee

I think its so cool that you can pick up the guitar and create something

that didn't exist 5 minutes ago. You can write something that no ones ever heard before. You have music at your fingertips. Michelle Branch A great movie evolves when everybody has the same vision in their heads. Alan Parker My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury. Merton Miller I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof. Rodney Dangerfield Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. Michel de Montaigne Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Henry Adams If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400. Ted Williams

The election is over, and even though there are people who have different ideologies and

beliefs, from now on we must all embrace each other, creating a harmonious and unified new Taiwan through our love and tolerance. Chen Shui-bian It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter. William Hazlitt I try not to name too many labels - not because it's not cool, but because it starts getting political. Nelly When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis. Chris Evert What you think of a name depends so much on the people you know by that name. Doug McClure People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. George Orwell Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other. George MacDonald

And I'm hoping that fair-minded people will stand up and say that what's been done

to me is wrong, and that-that people's personal lives have no impact on their ability to be a journalist, you know. Why should my past prevent me from having a future? Jeff Gannon It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. Jean Paul It is unusual for Joe to be that way, but that's what interested me. Michael Chabon Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't. Barbara Sher Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners. Damon Hill To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth. Richard Baker If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity? Maynard Jackson

The activists will not stop in trying to impose their extreme views on the rest

of us, and they have now plotted out a state-by-state strategy to increase the number of judicial decisions redefining marriage without the voice of the people being heard. Jim Bunning Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things. Dan Quayle The dice of Zeus always fall luckily. Sophocles A man's measure is his will. Ali ibn Abi Talib Dresses, I find, are impractical in social situations, but I enjoy wearing them a great deal on stage. Brian Molko There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing. Robert Burns It is better to travel well than to arrive. Buddha

I played Liddy Dole last year and met her as well. From the artful way

she phrased it, I still don't know if she had actually seen me play her. She made it sound like it was good, but that's just a gift they have. Ana Gasteyer Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. David Lloyd George The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand. Ella Wheeler Wilcox I was a geek in high school. David Schwimmer He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion. Johann Kaspar Lavater The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it. Gilbert K. Chesterton

We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been

said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic. Mary Wortley Montagu 'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end. Ben Jonson Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. Will Rogers Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone. Jean-Jacques Rousseau To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten. Emile M. Cioran No one can write like Vallejo and not sound like a fraud. He's just too much himself and not you. Philip Levine The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one. William James

If they have covered your face with latex, you have to control yourself mentally so

you won't think. If you start thinking, you will succumb to panic. I had a bit of a cold, and frankly I didn't have a good time. Meg Tilly And sometimes I do films so my daughter can see me work. Kelly Lynch Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay. Francois de La Rochefoucauld When he speaks to you he speaks with an earnest vibe and an earnest energy. Dwayne Johnson Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors. Antoine Rivarol Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country. Jane D. Hull In bad times, the rich usually get richer. Stuart Wilde

It's like being at the kids' table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows

on it, you don't have to talk politics... no matter how old I get, there's always a part of me that's sitting there. John Hughes A rich man's joke is always funny. Thomas Edward Brown Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure. Petrarch Don't let your sins turn into bad habits. Saint Teresa of Avila In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. Francis Bacon Give me liberty or give me death. Patrick Henry Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated. John Maynard Keynes

One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive

is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group. Lesley Garrett Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Francis Bacon Acting is pretty much my whole life. Carol Kane Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. Pablo Picasso Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking. Marvin Gaye Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty. James Anthony Froude

I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days

he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do. Randy Johnson Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. Henry Kissinger Poverty is not the root cause of crime. Rush Limbaugh I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just. Samuel Johnson Never wound a snake; kill it. Harriet Tubman Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me. Napoleon Bonaparte My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it. Wyclef Jean

I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work

and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11. Adam Michnik Jerry and I hoped that it would be a popular bestseller. Tim LaHaye Go forth a conqueror and win great victories. Virgil Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. Bertrand Russell Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education. William Godwin We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy. Cyril Connolly For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography. Robert Penn Warren

The battalion, the whole battalion was affected by the two killed just within a week

of being there, and I think that that pulled everybody up to make them realise that this was a very serious business. Peter Scott The world is in motion, as it seems. Utada Hikaru As she sallied forth from her boudoir, you would never have guessed how quickly she could strip for action. William Manchester Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together. Brent Scowcroft Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets. Abraham Lincoln There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. Muhammad Ali We're born man, woman and sexual beings. Virginia Johnson

I enjoy the crafts on the show enormously, too, when we have experts in showing

how to make things. You watch them thinking you'll go home and do the things yourself, which is fun. Some I have done myself later on. Jane Asher The city of Atlanta has always had a good spirit. Ivan Allen I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them. Judy Garland I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me. Clay Aiken Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row. Ralph Kiner I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men. Duke of Wellington I been doing music my whole life. Young Buck

I know quickly whether a guy is boyfriend material. If I can have a good

time doing absolutely nothing with him, then that's boyfriend material for me. Like if we're able to have fun at a gas station. I've had some really good times at gas stations. Alyson Hannigan Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four. Katharine Hepburn That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president. Gore Vidal I came into the industry at a time when there weren't a lot of choices to what you could do. Joe Morton If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house. Harry S Truman I told the truth, and I did it on national TV in a lie-detector test. Paula Jones I am a very sensitive person, very impulsive and emotional. Beth Gibbons

The relationship between a manufacturer and his advertising agency is almost as intimate as the

relationship between a patient and his doctor. Make sure that you can life happily with your prospective client before you accept his account. David Ogilvy I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. Claude Monet My message tonight is a simple one - the journey is getting exciting and this great state is on the move. Donald L. Carcieri The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover. Bruce Dickinson Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot. D. H. Lawrence Opinions have vested interests just as men have. Samuel Butler He does not possess wealth; it possesses him. Benjamin Franklin

Well, there's that girl on the Internet - although this isn't an example of someone

who doesn't know they're on - but there's a girl on the Internet who posts one photograph every two minutes from her bedroom. Peter Weir A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying. Lawrence Durrell Writing is nothing more than a guided dream. Jorge Luis Borges I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes. Alanis Morissette Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money. Peter Drucker Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise. John Gay It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal. George Eliot

I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom

Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I'd had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I'd like to do that again. Chester Brown The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway. Arianna Huffington Actually, I think my hands are in the best shape they've ever been in terms of what I can do. Andy Summers I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back. Zsa Zsa Gabor We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party. Mahatma Gandhi The networks found themselves having to compete for an increasingly Balkanized audience. Roger Mudd Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks. Eric Sevareid

I don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder

about mortality and how long you've got somebody in the world. I'm more fearful than I used to be. Robin Gibb You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest. Scott Reed Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place. A. J. Liebling People talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful! Margaret Forster We must either reduce the number of our engagements or increase the number of our troops. Adam Schiff Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. Gerard De Nerval If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit. Dana Plato

I would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they

mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest. Elizabeth Hurley Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. John Lennon The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. George Washington Sexy at the millennium means having a solid sense of self but never taking yourself too seriously. Rebecca Romijn The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. Friedrich Nietzsche Geometry is not true, it is advantageous. Henri Poincare When it ceases to be fun, I'll stop and just stay in my restaurants. Emeril Lagasse

I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I

think it's just as important to play new instruments as to play new pieces. The old ones are getting scarcer and the new ones more and more wonderful. Yo-Yo Ma For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift. Christoph Martin Wieland Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding. Friedrich August von Hayek The world's philosophers and theologians searched for answers to the same mysteries. Robert Vaughn Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country. James Woods The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe. Torquato Tasso Gorgeous hair is the best revenge. Ivana Trump

So what I'm saying is why don't we think about changing Schrodinger's equation at some

level when masses become too big at the level that you might have to worry about Einstein's general relativity. Roger Penrose Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself. Aldous Huxley Now that the 90's are over and more time has gone by, the 80's sound fresh again. Nina Blackwood No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. Aristotle All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things. Bobby Knight I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy. Michael Bloomberg I am honest and want to hear what the people have to say. I do not want to enrich myself in this job. Nestor Kirchner

My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their

work that I'm supporting. So it's not me doing it. But I can empower them. I can support them, and I can help them. George Soros In our dreams we are always young. Sarah Louise Delany How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables. Michel de Montaigne We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential gift we need in our time. Pope Benedict XVI The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it. Andrew Carnegie The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. Richard P. Feynman The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. George Eliot

From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of

the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks. Omar Bongo A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. Robert Frost It was so cold I almost got married. Shelley Winters The government never does anything successfully. Michael Badnarik The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions. Susan Sontag There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further. Wernher von Braun As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just Zarqawi. John Abizaid

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but

restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully. Victor Cherbuliez Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise. Kathleen Turner One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was that I learned to relax. Ted Shackelford The mark of fear is not easily removed. Ernest Gaines My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person. Mike Tyson Every single band in the world has these gigantic songs that people are obsessed with. Sebastian Bach My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool. Jonathan Swift

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too

scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered. Thomas Paine I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it. Sam Mendes But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or gives pleasure. George Pierce Baker John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy. Howard Dean My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it. Bonnie Blair To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business. J. Paul Getty I would like to work with anyone in the business who wants to give respect back to the Jamaican vibe. Sean Paul

The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential

and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance. Robert Bork Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven. Pierre Corneille Be sweet, be good, and honest always. Emma Bunton If a thing be really good, it can be shown to be such. William Godwin I'd love to have the opportunity to sing in a Disney movie. Moira Kelly I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that. Karen Morley How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete. C. S. Lewis

I thought that my movie career was finished. I was quite happy to dedicate myself

100% to the theater. Surprisingly enough, I've never gotten so many work offers. It's so exciting, this feeling of a new beginning after 40. Amy Irving Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you. Mae West I want to play a Disney villainess so badly. Kristen Johnston Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true. Swami Vivekananda Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. George Santayana You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself. Pierre Bonnard It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with. Clark Gable

It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about

myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives... for that I give thanks. Christina Aguilera We're just dealing with the kind of warp and woof of television ratings. Andrew Heyward They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves. Norman Douglas Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness. Publilius Syrus The first less is this: take it from me, every vote counts. Al Gore That is the best Government, which best provides for war. Algernon Sidney Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself. Henry Ward Beecher

As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet

with enlisted personnel and officers on a regular basis to learn more about their needs, both on the job and with their families. Allen Boyd Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. Corrie Ten Boom I don't really think of myself as an actor. Dylan Moran As an actor, I was just satisfied to work. Thayer David Compassion is contempt with a human face. John McCarthy I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work. Damien Hirst He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. William Blake

In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the

past, in the endeavor to discover improvements, in his particular sphere of action, which are practicable in the immediate future. B. H. Liddell Hart Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand. Lord Northcliffe Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it. Richard Petty One must act in painting as in life, directly. Pablo Picasso One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add. Fran Lebowitz If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don't get all the facts, it can't be right. Bernard Baruch

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats

those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. Hubert H. Humphrey Must I tell the story of my life again? John Garfield No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases. John Ruskin It's a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different. Evan Hunter I think the University of Texas has the chance to become the finest public university in the country. Tom Hicks Life is something that happens to you while you're making other plans. Margaret Millar Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers? Victor Hugo

The Red Sox are a curious thing because so much here is media driven. You

can't go fire half your scouts here because they are all friends with the local reporters. Your life is going to hell in the papers. Michael Lewis When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody. William Gilbert In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. John McCarthy Science has not solved problems, only shifted the points of problems. Charles Henry Parkhurst Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns. Arlen Specter A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires. Petrarch Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.' Mickey Mantle

There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot

rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. Jack London The food that enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that enters the body. Pat Buchanan The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible. Alexander Chase The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. Rebecca West The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. Carl Rogers Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason. Henry Fielding Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. Mahatma Gandhi

We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls

there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things. John Wesley Powell My delight and thy delight Walking, like two angels white, In the gardens of the night. Robert Bridges Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds. Oscar Wilde In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs. Bob Uecker Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love. Marc Chagall Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations. Richard M. DeVos They tend to come out a colour called 'Pants left in wash' Eddie Izzard

I just try to try to keep an attitude that I don't know what I'm

doing. Not to the point where I'm beating myself up, but I just go in thinking that I have a lot to learn. And I hope I still have that attitude 30 years from now. Tobey Maguire Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness? Charles Farrar Browne The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort. Felix Frankfurter To think of shadows is a serious thing. Victor Hugo Without history we are the prisoners of the accident of where and when we were born. Donald Kagan I just don't like to lose what's in the window. Bill Joy Do as we say, and not as we do. Giovanni Boccaccio

I became comfortable with what I knew would be the process of trying to pick

up the pieces of brain that were in the rubble and tried to make some mosaic out of the pieces and that that would be the trajectory. Art Spiegelman A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits. Woodrow Wilson Actors are such an insecure breed. Joshua Leonard It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy. Philip Sidney I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development. Alice Roosevelt Longworth The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball. Branch Rickey Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection. Neal Boortz

I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into

real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to. Madeleine Peyroux We wanted to be certain they didn't have a bigger deficit, and Kennedy agreed with me. Wilbur Mills If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice. Ichiro Suzuki A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts. Lucius Annaeus Seneca We gained his operational capabilities and he gained our marketing skills. Mercer Reynolds Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm. Graham Greene Life is largely a matter of expectation. Horace

I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party

or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label. Jackie Robinson I love being able to make people laugh. Judith Light Actually, actually, when he first put us into hypnosis, he didn't know what he was going to get. Betty Hill Little did we know then that CNN would become the big league. Christiane Amanpour Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Frederick Douglass First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time. Jimmy Carl Black The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants. John McGraw

Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society.

It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are. Princess Diana Did you know that today will never be tomorrow. Jay London We must dare, and dare again, and go on daring. Georges Jacques Danton I'm just going to go with it for as long as it lasts. Karrie Webb Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy. Joe Paterno He wants you all to Himself to put His loving, divine arms around you. Charles Stanley A man never tells you anything until you contradict him. George Bernard Shaw

My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times

but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society. Natan Sharansky I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up. Lana Turner Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. Livy I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key. Imran Khan Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons. Princess Diana If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it. Marcus Valerius Martial Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not. Ursula K. Le Guin

I love the way in which I make up dances. It's a complicated way and

the product is usually clear. Clear and simple. I don't need everybody to know that there are all of these fabulous things going on. If you CAN see it, that's wonderful. Mark Morris Necessity makes even the timid brave. Sallust From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman. Nina Simone Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do. Virginia Woolf I think part of the appeal of mathematical logic is that the formulas look mysterious - You write backward Es! Hilary Putnam Science is all metaphor. Timothy Leary If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it? Lee Strasberg

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no

man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. Hunter S. Thompson All our words from loose using have lost their edge. Ernest Hemingway The recipe for success is a tried and true one here in Rhode Island - innovation, reform, public service. Donald L. Carcieri People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. Jeremy Collier If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. Margaret Atwood I'm attracted to guys who are really confident and make conversation. Britney Spears But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking. Wanda Sykes

That was really cool. I got to kiss a little boy. I was 7 and

he was 10, and his name is Thomas Curtis. He was the first boy I've ever kissed in my entire life and he was three years older than me. Dakota Fanning I never get involved with the ladies I work with. Dirk Benedict Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole. Jacques Barzun It was not the path I was to take. Because of my deeds, I will never know peace again. Hiawatha One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle. Michael Palin Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75. Benjamin Franklin Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active. Edith Hamilton

The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what

lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business. Thomas Kinkade Take without forgetting, and give without remembering. Bryant H. McGill I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business. Diana Ross Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair. George Burns Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union. Samuel Goldwyn Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. Larry Wall We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it. Saul Alinsky

I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in

it. There's a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you'd better listen to it pretty carefully, 'cause it's important. John F. Kerry How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance. Petrarch My family has always been there to support me along the way. My coach, John Nicks, is a great influence. Sasha Cohen The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all. Al Alvarez When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere. D. H. Lawrence I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. Oscar Wilde Who can refute a sneer? William Paley

A lot of the stuff I've accumulated over the last few years of touring I

thought was really interesting. Like sounds, sound bites, and beats even, but they weren't good dance beats they weren't ones anyone would want to rap over or anything. Eric San I have made mistakes but I have never made the mistake of claiming that I have never made one. James Gordon Bennett Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof. Mary McCarthy The fight for sanity in our gun safety laws is not by any means over. In many ways it's just beginning. Michael D. Barnes A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself. Loretta Young I know people don't think I work. Douglas Wilson Basically, I use hammer-ons and pull-offs. Stanley Jordan

Almost all the fans I meet are pretty cool people. They're intelligent and tend to

think about things a bit more than your average rock'n'roll fans: sensible people I wouldn't mind having a drink with. Peter Buck I've been shot at on numerous occasions. John Pomfret It's not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas. Edwin Land The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself. Robert Baden-Powell Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us. Benjamin Rush If you believe in your art, and you love what you do, that energy will go out, and people will respond. Ray Conniff When you start out in a team, you have to get the teamwork going and then you get something back. Michael Schumacher

I tried to tell them about the dating process because I'm single now and how

horrible it is and how many foolish experiences I had had dating. So I was really selling him hard, but the whole time he really wanted me! Andie MacDowell We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity. William Godwin I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing. Wally Lamb Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country. Hun Sen OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head. Ruby Dee Transformation literally means going beyond your form. Wayne Dyer I had to try and find a way to express happiness without sounding corny. Daniel Johns

When you're rich and famous you are the dominant force in a relationship, even if

you try hard not to be. I've talked of sacrificing everything for Fleetwood Mac, but I realize now that it is simply the only thing I've ever wanted to do. Stevie Nicks All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties. Charles William Eliot Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling. Louisa May Alcott Their silence is praise enough. Terence Nobody was ever meant, To remember or invent, What he did with every cent. Robert Frost Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world. Publilius Syrus Am I Latin? Am I American? What the hell am I? I love my culture and I'm very proud of my culture. America Ferrera

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me

very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: 'What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.' Joseph Addison Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it. Henry Ward Beecher I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different. Kurt Vonnegut Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes. Maynard James Keenan Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year. Franklin Pierce Adams Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity. Chuck Jones It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see. James Hetfield

a whole and as a medium and of course, there are some that I've enjoyed making more than others but I've enjoyed making all of them. Peter Cushing One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more. Washington Irving Whatever advice you give, be short. Horace Later, I became the manager for Amelia Earhart, until, well, you know. Joseph Force Crater Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not those fifty things I dabble in. Dwight L. Moody I love listening to new stuff, at home in LA I always have the radio on to hear what is happening. Tom Jones Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises. Gunter Grass

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