and I think that's a really important thing to do. You can find an audience if you can find your voice. Andrew Dost I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people. Zoe Wanamaker That's what I do and I enjoy even the hateful moments of a relationship where two people or four people come together to make a bigger mess than originally intended. Josh Silver I don't really think about recognition; I'm not really involved. Skrillex No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly. Arthur Erickson Socialism? We've had way too much of it already. Steve Steckler It is by suffering that human beings become angels. Victor Hugo And I'm proud of what I do as a professional, too. Lisa Guerrero My mother did what many men do. She left. Henning Mankell Realize that you can't make everyone happy. Craig Newmark

Mathematics was associated with the gods, and with transcendence from the material world; women, by their nature, were supposedly rooted in this latter, baser realm. Margaret Wertheim What's really interesting and fun to explore is not just the falling in love and everything being great, but the obstacles to falling in love. Patrick J. Adams When I hear people say that Fox News is right wing, I know that's not true, because I'm the one doing the news. It's my show, and there's no place for opinion on my show. It's uninteresting to me. Shepard Smith Trends don't mean very much. Peabo Bryson Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true. William Shenstone The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny. Wole Soyinka I love this acting stuff. Harvey Martin I am at my worst trying to write about things that overlap with my life. Jennifer Egan I'm not an atheist, but I'm not a Christian, either. Eric Wh

your goal in life is to get the other guy, then you're not going to be doing a really quality job yourself. Katie Couric Programming is usually taught by examples. Niklaus Wirth I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange. Charley Pride I'd rather live in Nebraska than Washington. Dave Heineman There are a few things that make me angry. Mostly things not going my way. Sebastian Vettel We've got to get women to sit at the table. Sheryl Sandberg India and Japan should develop a complementary relationship in information technology. Yoshiro Mori Considering the company I keep in this place, that is hardly surprising. Robert Menzies The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people. Roger Moore Character is long-standing habit. Plutarch

its face in public, abortion is accomplishing the goals of which racism only once dreamed. Together, abortionists are destroying humanity at large and the black community in particular. Alveda King You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all the parents and the kids in the neighborhood say racist things about this family. Lorraine Bracco I never set out to be a role model for large women, I just do what I feel is right. Ricki Lake There's something just magical about flight. Period. Graham Hawkes A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now. Mort Sahl There's a bit of the kid in me. Jeff Bridges Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles. Estelle Getty Alan Moore is a prophetic writer. Gerard Way The German Doctors say that persons sensible of harmony have one sense more than others. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin I had a career that w

is awful, but it's the thing that makes me laugh the most. Malin Akerman I believe so deeply in the primacy of language, in lifting your prose to the highest level you're capable of and making your words symphonic. Dennis Lehane It's not easy to date when you're hefty. Besides I like feeling thin because it makes me feel amorous. Patti Stanger My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion. Joseph Barbera People only have so much attention. Demetri Martin In one word, this ideal is that you are divine. Swami Vivekananda Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world's poorest people. Bono I pray and try every day to be a better actor. Rod Taylor I am a strong Ukrainian girl, that is why I work a lot. Milla Jovovich I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me. Alan Rickman

a lot of those fastballs I am seeing to left field. Also must gear up for the changeup and take them up the middle. Anthony Rizzo I spend a lot of my time looking into people's bags and handbags - with their permission, of course. Jan Chipchase I would begin by collecting lithographs and etchings. It's a way of coming in and benefiting from real quality art. Even younger artists make wonderful prints. Prints can become very valuable. That's how I began collecting. Arne Glimcher Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living. Theophile Gautier From the beginning, I imagined I would have a long work life. Bruce Springsteen When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself. Edgar Cayce A lot of women say they love being pregnant, but I wasn't such a big fan. Marion Jones I have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition. Rufus Wainwright That's important to me, to find the extraordinary

a good thing or bad thing, just to feel something is important to me. Elisha Cuthbert I don't think there was enough skepticism because I think most of us kind of believed that Saddam Hussein was building biological, chemical, and perhaps even, nuclear weapons. Walter Isaacson I haven't had a big hit record in America since 1987. Bonnie Tyler I don't need a psychiatrist. I'm Catholic. Dorothy Kilgallen I've sung background for a couple of bands. Randy Jackson With Ricky Gervais, it's all shades of wrong, it's my kind of humor. Emily Blunt I write hate lyrics really well. It's not every day you can use them, really. Nick Cave I just am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission. Lady Gaga I don't have a goal. Marion Cotillard When I was a kid, I thought it was tough. Idris Elba

isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that. Venus Williams Our communities face many challenges, from keeping our kids safe in public, to the war on terrorism. But few have such immediate consequences as we face from methamphetamine. Mark Kennedy History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy. Augustine Birrell I have a second chance on life. Katy Perry I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain. Mayer Hawthorne I'm admittedly not that into the Internet. Kate Spade A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard. Billy Wilder I want to make a difference. Kyle Shewfelt We don't need fashion to survive, we just desire it so much. Marc Jacobs I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal. Grimes

business. In America, libel is very rare and much harder to prove, but the damages are enormous. Graydon Carter So everything turned out fine, and we were given the opportunity to go to Washington and be briefed on the project of man in space, and given the opportunity to choose whether we wanted to get involved or not. Alan Shepard I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet. Wislawa Szymborska Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation. Paul Cezanne Love is a given, hatred is acquired. Douglas Horton I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness. Mika I really love clothes, but I think I have a style of my own which is quite eclectic. Ruth Wilson Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete. Nassim Nicholas Taleb I was able to actually combine dance and acting, which was a dream come true. Alicia Vikander I have no regrets. I've got my health. Naomi Campbell

dressage. I could ride almost before I could walk. There is a picture of me at 18 months old sitting happily on the back of a donkey. Alison Jackson I've performed in Auburn Hills, at The Palace, so I haven't really been in downtown Detroit, but I've been able to be here, and I can really see, what the city was. Like, I can feel why Motown started here and how amazing it was. Jordin Sparks We don't think about pilgrimage in this country. We don't think about meditation. The idea of taking a six-week walk is totally foreign to most Americans. But it's probably exactly what we need. Emilio Estevez The more real things get, the more like myths they become. Rainer Werner Fassbinder Boys should not play with weapons more dangerous than they understand. E. T. A. Hoffmann I think I was a pretty selfish athlete. Melanie Roach Thousands of kids and parents come up to us and say, How do we get better as a singer? Paula Abdul You can't hold the rec

different. Go into casting offices, with something other girls don't have. Amber Tamblyn Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third. Marge Piercy My work at R.E.I. was incredibly fulfilling and rewarding, especially the stewardship elements of it, the ability to connect young people to public lands close to home. Sally Jewell When I finish playing football, I would like to work with kids and sleep! Michael Strahan The potential for the saxophone is unlimited. Steve Lacy There is no Democratic or Republican way to fill a pothole. Michael Nutter Every action has a consequence, so always try to be good. Richard Eyre If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false. Dean Kamen I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before. Chita Rivera He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step. Antonio Porchia

care less about than those of our children, whom we love so much? Stephanie Martson I've been in a treatment center for drinkin'. I stayed for two days, then escaped. Evel Knievel A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night. Marilyn Monroe I've been forgotten by our Good Lord. Jeanne Calment Everybody is their own critic. Gina Carano I have seen my mugshot. Rick Springfield I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become. Jeannette Walls To a smart girl men are no problem - they're the answer. Zsa Zsa Gabor The revolution is really easy to do nowadays. Eric Cantona I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing. Roscoe Mitchell

cut, is when you want to go home and open up your veins and get in a warm tub and just go away. And then it gradually, maybe, works its way back, somewhere toward that spot you were at before. Joel Coen I always told my dad I'd play professional football. Anthony Doerr If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year. Harriet Ann Jacobs My first occupation was to map the country. John Hanning Speke I think this is the sweetest tribute I have ever seen in this town. Don Ameche Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration. Martin Freeman If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes. Guy Kawasaki If you want to run as fast as the men, you've got to train like the men. Florence Griffith Joyner I wanted to write poetry almost a little more than I wanted to eat. Paul Engle Class clowns become

I say, 'If you can't write, don't write. No one needs your writing. Don't torture yourself.' Lorrie Moore It not unusual for women with anorexia to suffer heart attacks. Carre Otis Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit's still 65. Neil Sheehan I find that easier to accept than this all happened out of nothing. Dwight Schultz Music has always been a part of my life. Kris Allen My mother has become my daughter and I've become her guardian. Phillip Lim I can be a cruel person. Amy Winehouse What's in your soul is in your soul. Whitney Houston Everyone I used to work with is still alive and can afford expensive lawyers. Alexei Sayle I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived. Bess Myerson

This is a great and exciting time in my career, where I can have the opportunity to work in different genres, and also I recognize there's not a lot of actors who have that opportunity and I'm grateful for it. Dwayne Johnson I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what's evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We're less sure about what is good. There's sort of good, good enough, could be better - but absolute good is a little harder to define. Madeleine Albright I'd like to think I'm not quite so pretentious as to think my characters go off and live their lives once I've written the final page and switched the computer off. Jane Green Be candid with everyone. Jack Welch It's often the case that successful people invite criticism. Michael Gove I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team. Steve Ballmer We Latin women are liberated from the neck up, not the neck down. Cristina Sa

more cautious. I'm proud that I was able to do what I did - psychologically it was a great wall to climb - but sometimes I regret it. Mathias Rust I've always enjoyed acting. When we were younger, my sisters and I would put on plays for our parents. Serena Williams I got bullied a lot when I was a kid, and because of that I thought for the most part that I didn't really have a childhood - I had to grow up so quick and there was no real enjoyment in that for me. Shane Koyczan I wanted to write a story that demanded the viewer's attention. Nigel Kneale I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. Michael Jordan When I go to the garage to pick up my clubs, I clean the spider webs off. John Ratzenberger Just writing and being in the studio was like therapy for me. Justin Timberlake I can understand Communism, but not Socialism. Lajos Kossuth I was obsessed with girls when I was 13 years old; I wasn't really into bo

was a number of times when I didn't do very well or was tired. It was too much to combine school and tennis altogether. Parents need to step in and say, take a little time off, do something fun. Jana Novotna Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives. Paul Wellstone I wasn't one of those kids who was chasing the dream and wanted to get to Hollywood because one day I was gonna get my chance and be a big star. I never felt like that. C. Thomas Howell The Declaration is a magnificent document. Paul Gillmor It's nice to always make an effort when you get photographed. Rita Ora Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle. Russell Simmons I can't stand making records. Eric Church I am the luckiest filmmaker I know. Jodie Foster But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place. Dario Argento I love country music, alway

making it is an uneasy one for me, on occasion. Jock Sturges Seriously, I like to wear hats so I don't get super tan. You have to protect the face. Alessandra Ambrosio I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines. Christian Lacroix I made my million before I was 19! Heather Mills The only sexual act that is sinful is the one that uses or abuses. Pat Buckley You can escape into a character. John Candy I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything. Rahm Emanuel The fact is that violence gives you a rush. Penn Jillette Younger people are discovering my work, even though my reggae is not like theirs. Linton Kwesi Johnson A movie is a movie and a book is a book, and they have different rules. J. Michael Straczynski

Massa. It is very difficult to judge him in his first year, but by the end of the end we are going to have a better position how he does in Formula One. Emerson Fittipaldi Read the editorial page of your local paper. It introduces you to opinion and can be terrifically provocative and perhaps a great motivating force for you to get involved in your community, regardless of your political ideology. Sarah Jessica Parker The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise. P. J. O'Rourke Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Thank God for the potholes on memory lane. Randy Newman Every time you make a movie it's an adventure. Shia LaBeouf Every director I've ever admired has a beard. Peter Horton I think there's a passion for God like never before. Michae

work for. And I've worked very hard in the last ten years of my life, definitely, and I can tell you that hard work pays off. It's not just a cliche. Cameron Diaz If organized religion has become less relevant, it's not because churches have held fast to their creedal beliefs - it's because they've held fast to their conventional structures, programs, roles and routines. Gary Hamel In my opinion, assassination theories will continue to revolve around these assassinations as they have around several other significant assassinations in American history. The assassination of President Lincoln comes to mind. Louis Stokes I appreciate life, talk a lot, love to laugh, and am very optimistic. Kiana Tom I believe in possibility, but I'm not sure I believe in demons. Jennifer Carpenter I have seven rescue dogs. Miranda Lambert Animals weren't put on this earth to entertain us. Sheryl Lee I've had my heart broken one too many times. Tyra Bank

to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food. David Suzuki My grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I've already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me. Billy Crystal Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer. Kate DiCamillo Once in a while it can be a bit disconcerting to be so recognisable. George Wendt I knew what I wanted to be at 8 years old - an actor! Lea Michele You deserve love and you'll get it. Amy Poehler The difference for me is I just don't sleep on friends' couches anymore. Sean Kinney Yeah, I like to gamble. Chazz Palminteri In the post war period I began again to have my doubts about Russian policy. Klaus Fuchs If I'm tired of me, I'm sure the public is as well. Michael Stipe

that have decided they don't want them. And we're not going to cram mobile homes down the throats of communities in Louisiana and the Gulf - and other parts of the Gulf Coast. Michael Chertoff Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens. Thomas Sowell I used to think everything had to be perfect, but now I know perfection doesn't exist - life comes with bumps and grazes. Andrea McLean I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever. Ed Koch Believe in yourself and try not to take anything personally. Chris Kattan I get panic attacks in big crowds. Liev Schreiber I am a chef who happens to appear on the telly, that's it. Gordon Ramsay All I wanted to do was please my adopted family. Reese Hoffa I write plays about big, intense subjects. Anna Deavere Smith I'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time. John Major

taken me a while to admit that acting like a little child and being a jerk and a punk is fun. Leonardo DiCaprio I am very excited about the future. Thia Megia While neurological studies have tried to identify components responsible for fear and greed, the impact on finance is less clear. Andrew Lo In real life, I am alarmingly boring. Rob Delaney You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles. Stan Getz Participation is easily obtained with Latin chant. Richard Morris Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live. Pete Seeger I have a great life and I'm super active. A. J. Langer You never know what people will choose to be offended by. Gilbert Gottfried I always knew I wanted to be in a band. Hayley Williams

and be very odd to an American audience's ears. It's not the typical Southern dialect that we're used to. Audra McDonald After one year in the Texas League, the American League bought the rights to my contract. They optioned me back to the Texas League for the 1970 season. Jim Evans Most good fiction also has a character the writer seems to know more deeply than anyone can actually be known in life, but a few unusual writers can make something great without that. Nell Freudenberger The rest of the world wants our cash; we like plastic. Bill Janklow Today the world is a big jungle. Roberto Cavalli My mother is the best storyteller. And her mother was too. Marian Keyes Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us. Henry Fielding The best quick tip in golf is to focus on your rhythm and balance. Hale Irwin Sometimes I can wake up and I can beat anyone. Lukas Rosol That's what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations. A

vitality, not only by singing their parts to some of his artists, but acting out the smallest details, and of how few they were who were responsive to his wishes. Anton Seidl Municipal networks expand economic opportunities. We've got to open new doors, not slam them shut. Frank Lautenberg I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it took. But from the moment I took my first writing workshop, I was a writer. Dennis Lehane I'm not a big fan of those who are egotistical and so outspoken. Eric Heiden China has a bigger middle class than the entire population of Europe. Jan Chipchase All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want. Wilfred Owen I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record. Rita Coolidge There is nothing useless to men of sense. Jean de La Fontaine I act on impulse and I go with my instincts. Gordon Ramsay I was addicted to p

that I'm proud of, so I'm very happy for people to focus on them. Jenny Agutter I manage to live pretty normally. Nicholas Hoult The Brady Bunch is a live action modern fairytale of family. In this context it's less odd that it's lasted for over thirty years; and why it may last in some respects as long as Mother Goose! Christopher Knight The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film. Charlotte Gainsbourg If you're on the cover of any magazine, you certainly get recognized more. Lauren Conrad Nobody could've ever known I was positive because I didn't know. Marc Wallice The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here. Kabir Bedi People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything. Moliere There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them. Kin Hubbard I was an intelligence officer, not a policy-maker. Cofer Black

to the one we left behind. It gives us something to talk about, to preen about, to care about. John Thorn Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those. Bear Bryant No industry is immune and no occupation is safe. All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our resilience and resourcefulness, our capacity to adapt and to rely upon ourselves and our families. Steven Pressfield Well, I was a drama kid. Dean Norris Delhi is my emotional home. I still dream of owning a home there. Kabir Bedi I drink too much coffee. Julianna Margulies I have a terrible sense of direction. Elizabeth McGovern I should have my own publishing companies. Solomon Burke There is no free market for oil. T. Boone Pickens Peace is our gift to each other. Elie Wiesel

that would make us perhaps more fulfilled in a sensory way that we just say no to. Jonathan Safran Foer I like to wear things for longer than one season. Heidi Klum All I watch is the Food Network. I took a cheesemaking class a few weeks ago, and I told my family and friends to only get me kitchen stuff on my birthday. I'm into every kind of cookbook and anything by Anthony Bourdain. I'd love to own a restaurant if I could find the right chef. Jesse McCartney I see what keeps people young: work! Ted Turner Art is man's distinctly human way of fighting death. Leonard Baskin You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus. Oriana Fallaci My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. Anthony Hopkins Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up. Nicki Minaj We are known as one of the few truly antifascist families in Munich. Karl Amadeus Hartmann You can not define being exactly on time.

and there are so many. After I had basically sorted that out, I figured it's time to really look at the future and not at the past. Kalpana Chawla I work out, I go to pilates, I walk and I eat everything I can get my hands on. Sally Kellerman I went to church irregularly and was mostly reading comics in the pew. Alice Sebold But I was still hoping to be able to coach and teach. Lee Majors American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it. Gary Shteyngart I do reinvent old hits of mine and sort of give them a new life. Christina Aguilera Marriage is hard work, period. Kyle Chandler Writing is a communication. Theodore Sturgeon To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. Ben Jonson When one thing ends, you put it away and start from scratch on the next thing. Laurie Metcalf

My band had broken up. I had almost lost my family. My whole life had devolved into a disaster. I believe that the police officer who stopped me at three a.m. that morning saved my life. Trey Anastasio The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable. Emily Greene Balch I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything. Florence Welch The big secret in acting is listening to people. Eli Wallach I really don't care what people think of me. Chris Kyle Law shuttles between freeing us and enslaving us. Kary Mullis The whole territory of the Netherlands was girt with forests. John Lothrop Motley I'm not violent. Jeremy Renner I still haven't quite got used to eating live fish. David Mitchell My movies are not messed with by the studio

as my mother always says, you can't have a passionate marriage without a passionate divorce. Sophie Ellis-Bextor If you're into a certain band, you're into the way they dress. Paul Weller Perhaps they thought I was on a fact-finding mission, never for one moment thinking that a man of my age and build could be suffering from bulimia nervosa, but that's what the consultant said I had. John Prescott I don't think the jet-setting life is really for most people. Jim Parsons I have good legs, and why to hide them? Ivana Trump The thing about my music is, there really is no point. Neil Young King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them. Antonia Fraser The way that words fit together is always interesting to me. I love words. Joanna Newsom I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast. Evelyn Ashford Transformed people transform people. Richard Rohr

behind one's own eye. Modern science can acknowledge no other than this epistemological stand-point. Wilhelm Dilthey I have this friend who has a theory that lots of towns have energies. And, for instance, certain places in Alabama have bad ones because they were built on reservations or built on cemeteries or something. But Nashville has a really gravitational, magnetic pull. Caitlin Rose I think that the fact that a relationship becomes public is a bit of a bummer. Because it can distract from the real reason why you're together, which is that you just like each other. Chris Martin I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter. David Duchovny I do not admire young actresses whose foreheads cannot move. Kathleen Turner If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music. Clint Eastwood Success is always less funny than failure. Jon Ronson I think gold is made for kings and pharaohs - that's what I am. Big Sean I&#

thirty of forty years from now. There are ways to pursue this technology and respect life at the same time. Ernest Istook When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone. Tom Verlaine I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. William Shatner Jordan is a very secular, Westernized country in some respects. Kathryn Bigelow I will always be singing. Mario Vazquez I've never outgrown my childhood. David McCallum I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you. Jenni Rivera Those boos really motivate me to make something happen. Barry Bonds I like traditions, and the national anthem is important. Kate Mara My government will respect the will of the people. Mwai Kibaki

seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting. Edward Hopper A journal of the 'subjective' kind I have always thought foolish, as nurturing a morbid self -consciousness in the writer; and yet, alone so much as I am, it is well to have some sort of a ventilator from the interior. Lucy Larcom Anyone can identify with those moments in life where circumstances or people inform us that we've strayed from the path of our better nature and intentions. We know what that's like, and we resist it - so as not to feel like we're bad people. Viggo Mortensen I like that lady - Sarah Palin. She's great. I like the cut of her jib. Paul Johnson But once you buy a company, you are married. You are married to that company. Henry Kravis The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers. J. K. Rowling I'm perfectly healthy. Emmanuel Lewis I've always been into looking different. Rita Ora I believ

all, by the nature of their office, and in their respective spheres and stations, bound to consult the public welfare. Jonathan Mayhew It is so weird to be on this side of that, because when you're starting out, and it seems like you're starting out for so long, you look up to the people who have made their mark. And you sort of want to be that. Bob Odenkirk The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons. David Sedaris Yet through history gays have always dominated religious life and churches. Malcolm Boyd My mother did literally hitchhike barefoot to the country store. Moon Unit Zappa I always trust my gut reaction; it's always right. Kiana Tom If there are rules and regulations, I can't help it, I want to break them. Ayumi Hamasaki The government doesn't have to solve everyone's problem here. Paul Kurtz I love playing outsiders, I always do. Antony Sher Don't w

there and watch it. I'd run to my friends and tell them because I would want everyone to see it too. Paris Hilton In Western lands there is a distinct division between the religious and the secular life. There is one rule of conduct for laymen and another for clergymen. This distinction has never found its place in the life of the people of India. There, all of life is included in the word 'religion.' Virchand Gandhi I wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep the trees happy - but then my grandfather died, and it was all: retail therapy! Chris Colfer My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7. Bob Cousy The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention. Orson Welles I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life. James Callis Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger. Horace Yes, I applied a lot of what I did in football to golf. Hale Irwin My

very, very important in what we become, like change us - when it's right, probably change us for the best. Clemence Poesy The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept. Thucydides It seems like every year Hollywood makes an attempt to retell the Manson story, and I just couldn't be less interested in it. It's not really our crowning achievement as a civilisation. I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, but it just bores me. John Hawkes I am typically French. Brigitte Bardot I was raised by a hardcore feminist. Joss Whedon Nature's my muse and it's been my passion. Frans Lanting Infidelity raises profound questions about intimacy. Junot Diaz Accessible local libraries are vital to communities and to children. Nick Cave My father was a construction engineer, and my mother was a production engineer. Mikhail Khodorkovsky I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music. David Bowie

here in Alabama and around the country, are with each of you during this time. Jo Bonner I happen to be a pessimist, and maybe that's a good thing because I don't stop to smell the roses - which is not a good personal thing. I don't stop and enjoy those moments... Always on to the next and never in the moment. Nicki Minaj Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to the optimum point in the strictly bureaucratic administration. Max Weber I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom. Michael Bloomberg I don't like being out of the crowd. It's lonely within a group. Julie Walters True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation. Thomas Bailey Aldrich Politics and power is a realm of relative influence. Fareed Zakaria Roddick has good presence on the court and has

in the primary meaning of these terms so long as we remain aware of the object. Charles D. Broad I can't believe I am hosting the Oscars. It's an honor everyone else said no. Seth MacFarlane The road to success, and by that I mean... the possibility of giving the best one has to the cause that one loves most, is not easy. Louis Finkelstein Sometimes I still worry that the next day will be the last day of the Earth. Samantha Smith With the number of people I ignore, I'm lucky I work at all in this town. Helena Bonham Carter I was lucky to have parents who loved me. Jean Paul Gaultier It so happens that I'm pro choice. Arlen Specter I never thought I would be divorced. Andrew Cuomo I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet. Damien Hirst I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand. Tamara Mellon

move out of London completely. We will eventually have to work it out a bit more, because you can't have a little boy living with his sisters like that, can you? But we like the idea of closeness. Linda McCartney Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the people in parliament in the world, thirteen per cent are women. In the corporate sector, women at the top - C-level jobs, board seats - tops out at fifteen, sixteen per cent. Sheryl Sandberg Deep in my heart it still feels like I'm a journalist even though I haven't worked for a paper and carried a press pass for 14 years. Michael Connelly There is no universal coming out process, so far as I know. George Weinberg I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world. Brother Lawrence I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds. David Cassidy To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns. Queen Ra

was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos. Jill Clayburgh In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites. Barbara Ehrenreich Yeah, I like causing trouble. It's the teddy boy in me. I used to be a teddy boy. Feeling slightly inferior and wanting to cause a bit of bother and get some action going on in the room rather than get bored stiff. Michael Gambon I do like to have fun. I don't need alcohol to have fun. Rima Fakih I never wanted to be called an artist. I wanted to be called a photographer. Richard Avedon I still got my hair, I'm not fat. Ray Romano Philosophy changes day by day. Sarah Brightman What are you hiding? No one ever asks that. Sarah Vowell His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings. Denis Diderot I'm a private per

and I was fascinated by it. I always wanted to play one. Ian Somerhalder The thing is, the studio then forget that you're an actor and that you can do other things, and so since they pay you for that, they don't want you to do anything else. Charles S. Dutton I must confess that, at that time, I had absolutely no knowledge of the slowness of the relaxation processes in the ground state, processes which take place in collisions with the wall or with the molecules of a foreign gas. Alfred Kastler Truthfully, my life is always lunacy. Bethenny Frankel I think I should be a president. President of the United States. Alexander McQueen Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them. David Bowie Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken. Paul Valery It's such a challenge to play a good guy - it's hard to be believable. Cam Gigandet You need ego but mine is not blinding. Christian Lacroix I bet on baseball in 1987 and 198

situation was written so movingly, I fell in love with the project. Tom Bosley I'm a cat person. Dave Franco I do not understand where the idea came from that opera is only for privileged people, I am as happy singing before 70,000 people at the Millennium Stadium, as I am in front of a few hundred in a small concert hall. Katherine Jenkins I was never tomboyish. I loved Barbies. It's just the way I grew up. Poppy Montgomery Gymnasts are short, stocky, muscular powerhouses. Pink The more we deny that we have a dark side, the more power it has over us. Sheryl Lee Of course I've done musicals here in London. Norman Wisdom My family restores my sense of ease and keeps me balanced. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium. Marjane Satrapi What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt. George Ayittey

immigration system was lax border security. Juan Williams In fifth grade, we had to write a story and read it in front of the class. When I read mine out, the class were just belly laughing. And I remember being like, 'This is the coolest!' So I want to dedicate my life to trying to make people laugh. I can't imagine doing anything else. Zach Braff When a company owns one precise thought in the consumer's mind, it sets the context for everything and there should be no distinction between brand, product, service and experience. Maurice Saatchi I live not too far from it in New York City. Piper Perabo I think words come between the spectator and the picture. Howard Hodgkin I don't know where my medals are. Eric Cantona You have to take some dramatic license just to make it entertaining sometimes. Chi McBride If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry. Anton Chekhov I am a PR disaster because I talk too much. Benedict Cumberbatch A lot of

opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind. Woodrow Wilson I'm a MySpace person. Teyana Taylor Once you start thinking about where your products come from and what they 'do,' that's going to be an inherent part of your choice as you purchase products throughout your life. Ellen Gustafson I write in longhand on yellow legal pads. Beverly Cleary I think it's natural for an artist to explore as they evolve. Miguel I stop wanting what I am looking for, looking for it. Antonio Porchia My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child. Bob Schaffer If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time. Billy Joel Being in Hollywood is like being in the Christian right these days. Rupert Everett Every single day, I write something new and record it. Glenn Hughes

return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again. Calvin Coolidge My step-mom would tell me that she would get complaints from adults that I stared too much at them. Billy Corgan I've never been up with the times, always been slightly out of step. Christopher Eccleston I've been aware of the work I do as an actor being directorial in feel. Iain Glen My dad didn't drive - the only dad I knew who didn't. Julie Burchill And yet I think The White Cliffs of Dover one of my best films. Irene Dunne I was happier before, when I lead a normal life. Enrique Iglesias I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells. Patricia Cornwell Golf is like solitaire. When you cheat, you only cheat yourself. Tony Lema To do work that's not going to be fulfilling doesn't make sense. Lili Taylor

great, instead of worrying about how to make money. And yet that is exactly what Google did. And Apple, for that matter. You'd think examples like that would be enough to convince people. Paul Graham In economic terms, we've always thought of work as a disutility - as something you do to get something else. Now it's increasingly a utility - something that's valuable and worthy in its own right. Daniel H. Pink Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways. Lara St. John Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition. Brenda Blethyn I believe that we were very, very lucky that it went that way. Giovanni Agnelli America, how can I write a holy litany in your silly mood? Allen Ginsberg You can say anything to David Icke and he will accept it and put it into his ideology. Jon Ronson It's upsetting to

and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because. Marlee Matlin I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date. Zachary Levi Texas is a great place to be rich and a terrible place to be poor. It's got the highest percentage of people without health insurance in the country. If you get injured on the job, good luck getting workers' comp. And God help you if you're poor and mentally ill. Gail Collins I don't mind the audience identifying me with Red. Kurtwood Smith I always wanted to act. Adam Rickitt The Olympics must be my curse or something. Blanka Vlasic I think Apple is a great device company. Jeffrey Bewkes But I don't believe in guilt by association. Marion Jones The way people see Africa is mostly dark. Nneka That's an old saying I just made up. Kenny Loggins

for all sorts of causes; why, why, why don't they take up their own causes and obvious needs? Dorothy Thompson I absolutely refused to make out with the gorgeous male model. Trisha Yearwood As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, it's not good to limit the number of voices. Michael Moore When I think of myself, I'm definitely... I'm not like a comedian. Dave Franco I love comic books. I just do. Megan Fox If I love a song I hope to find a way to get other people to love it too. Susannah McCorkle I don't think anybody wants to see a dour 'Star Trek' movie. Damon Lindelof The best book I read this year was 'The Da Vinci Code.' Goran Ivanisevic Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow. L. Ron Hubbard Lots of creativity is and should be solitary. Geoff Mulgan

junior high school the counselor suggested that I focus on wood shop and metal shop. Christopher Darden One of the marvelous things about Churchill is that whatever he was doing, whether fighting or arguing or despairing or bouncing about full of energy, jokes are never far away. Paul Johnson Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan. Jeffrey Wright The least touchable object in the world is the eye. Rudolf Arnheim The Beatles did everything first, and they did it the best. Taylor Momsen I'm trying to get my next job as a biracial action hero. Pooch Hall I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain. Jackson Browne To see your spouse in a parental role is one of the most incredible things. Elisabeth Hasselbeck Men work on their bodies. They want to be looked at. Steven Klein I don't read the Sunday papers; or the dailies, either. Tom Holt

on the horse and he's in the deep snow, they went to Finland to do that. That scene they went to Finland for a week. I wasn't around then. Rod Steiger For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold? Robert Harris I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot. Karl Rove The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free. Mika I'm a sucker for packaging! Chloe Sevigny Green Day was more of the influence than Blink. Deryck Whibley A good leader must be fair. Yao Ming The body never lies. Martha Graham What fascinates me are the turning points where history could have been different. Hilary Mantel Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street! Eliot S

for the self-righteous, I always say. Bette Midler There are certain kinds of second-tier confrontations which the U.S. does not need to get directly involved in. However, even in the second tier of problems, our intervention as a friend to both sides is important. Richard Holbrooke I call myself a constitutional conservative. Rand Paul I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life. Sidney Poitier Do I have more depth than I'm given credit for? No! Graham Norton People tell us they have been inspired by our music to do great things. James Young The nature of rumor is known to all. Tertullian I'm never in one place. I also have to be careful at public events. Curtis Sliwa For me, the safest place is out on a limb. Shirley MacLaine My plan was never to be an actor like my father. Alexander Skarsgard

to camp to learn boxing. I was 12, and my coach was 24. I felt like if I could fight him, I could stand up to anyone. Liam Payne Because of the Korean free trade agreement, South Koreans who want Oregon blueberries are gonna see their prices go down because we will be getting rid of a 45 percent tariff on this Oregon product. Ron Wyden I was a bed wetter till very late. My mom used to hang my sheets out the window to dry, and I'd have to run home from school in order to beat the other kids to my house so they wouldn't see them. Vince Vaughn I don't get to watch Futurama, until it's on TV. Billy West And, you know, like I said, I'm not looking forward to a trial. Patty Hearst This is a moment in history where it is almost hard to catch your breath. Hillary Clinton I love how a story can help someone discuss something they otherwise would not. Jennifer Lynch I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential. Arsene Wenger Serial murders are

big, heavy wrench fell down from the 12 o'clock position of the set, and got buried in the ground a few feet from me. I could have been killed! Marvin Minsky I love men that love women. Morgan Freeman, who I worked with on 'RED,' was very flattering to me. But he is flattering to all women. He is a woman-charmer. Helen Mirren I don't really talk about my personal life. It's a strange and funny and weird thing. Sometimes you have a conversation with someone and the paparazzi snaps a picture of you and people decide you're dating. If I try to answer everything people say, I would be up all night. Tracee Ellis Ross I like living on the edge. James Dyson Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. Seneca I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all. Franklin D. Roosevelt He was happily married - but his wife wasn't. Victor Borge I think we

wasn't texting, social media, iPhones, or smartphones. I love the fact that you would go home and check your messages. I'm not well suited to the world of modern technology. Matthew Rhys I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth. Randy Newman When you break a sweat you just feel great. You've got your endorphins going. You feel better. You look better. And if you aren't able to get a workout in, try to find a steam room somewhere. You just look and feel so much better after a sweat. Nicole Scherzinger I grew up kind of a tomboy and I used to fight with all the neighborhood boys. Edie Falco I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body. Gianni Versace I have always been a Malibu Man, like all actors. Nick Mancuso Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. Paulo Coelho My

be in a business where I can change the character I am playing every couple of months. Josh Hartnett As far as everyone else's opinion, I mean, if I would have thought that everyone was right, I probably wouldn't have left Compton, so I don't get too caught up on what the next person thinks. Venus Williams A person with normal eyesight would have nothing to know in the way of 'Impressionism' unless he were in a blinding light or in the dusk or dark. John Singer Sargent My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer. Liza Minnelli Acting is all about finding the truth within whatever world you're in. Karen Gillan Other than dying, I think puberty is probably about as rough as it gets. Rick Springfield If you're gonna fall apart, do it in your own bedroom. Margot Kidder From a very early age, as far back as I can remember, I always played sports. Cris Judd Four hundred wickets is 400 more than I thought I&#

discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the end folk come to put faith in them. Marie de France As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when we go to sleep under totalitarian rule and wake up in a democracy, it makes me laugh. Aleksandr Lebed For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul? Jesus Christ I'm really drawn to European films. Isabel Lucas Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time. Kenneth Noland There can be no liberty without the law. Cecil B. DeMille A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time. Paul Bryant If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it? Joe Rogan I's taken me a great deal to get here. I don't plan on missing anything. Bobby Bonilla I like all kinds of music, though I tend to prefer jazz and classics. Erik Larson

up closer to you and starting the rivalry and everything, you maybe change your position to him. Novak Djokovic I had everything I'd hoped for, but I wasn't being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It was strange: The people who loved me for being funny suddenly didn't like me for being... me. Ellen DeGeneres Take a sound from whatever source, a note on a violin, a scream, a moan, a creaking door, and there is always this symmetry between the sound basis, which is complex and has numerous characteristics which emerge through a process of comparison within our perception. Pierre Schaeffer I'm thankful for not ever taking anything illegal. Pedro Martinez I have a son in Barcelona whom I am madly in love with. Anthony Quinn In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters. Neil Innes I'm not not going to stop giving away what I feel about something. Tori Amos Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolut

a supernatural agent. They no more interfere with our free will than natural events like earthquakes. We choose how to respond to them. Peter Kreeft I've got to be the geekiest guy in the world in a lot of ways. I'm like a zeta male. Paul Giamatti Certainly, my father would not want to see me destroy myself in this business, as so many people in our family have been destroyed. I try to take good care of myself, but we are fighting the good fight, and the truth is powerful. Sam Sheppard Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age. Aung San Suu Kyi I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence. Lech Walesa I am a control freak. Georgina Chapman Right reason is stronger than force. James A. Garfield I'd be honored to be playing a Republican, although I'm not. Joe Lando I'm not a sheep. Christopher Hitchens I think it's important to take chances. David Sedaris

a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career. William Joyce For years I did most of my reading on the F train between Brooklyn and Manhattan. I had long commutes, and I read tons of books on that train; I loved it. Elizabeth Strout I think Walking Dead is one of the friendliest new reader type books in that every time a new trade is shipped out, a new issue is shipped out at the same time. Robert Kirkman What would be the good of rushing? You want these books to last. Robert Caro A man who envies our family is a man who needs help. Yeardley Smith I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers. Paul Prudhomme I know my faults, but I'm comfortable with me. Roger Daltrey I just am not good at math. Phil McGraw Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked. Steve Wozniak I was always the serious kid. Margarita Levieva

always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives. Steven Spielberg The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state. James Madison When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show. Marlee Matlin Certain things were deemed to be offensive. It was usually bad language. Timothy West The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking. Melissa Leo I'll put my record of service up against anyone, bar none. Scott Ritter I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life. Joe Mantegna Anytime people read my tweets, they hear it in Auto-Tune. T-Pain I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time. Rachael Taylor I'm very generous. Elton John

the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up. Ginnifer Goodwin Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. Bill Bradley I usually enter the studio with a mix of songs that I've been listening to that are relevant to the sound I want to achieve. Sondre Lerche I'm completely neurotic, totally anxious and high-strung all the time. Taylor Momsen Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess. Jessica Alba It's hard to kill a city, but easy to kill a company. Geoffrey West We could receive a storm surge of three to five feet. Ray Nagin Anything that endures over time sacrifices its ability to make an impression. Robert Musil I feel more in touch with the world when I'm filming. Joe Wright We're here for such a short period of time. Jeff Bridges

dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture books, my first thought was to do something about the dark. Daniel Handler We want a book to be a book. We'll have all the interactive bells and whistles but our intent is to engage young people in reading, not to show them a movie. LeVar Burton Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites. Anthony J. D'Angelo The course of business shapes public opinion. Marvin Bower I support British designers as much as I can. Cat Deeley I try to stay in good physical shape, I don't smoke, I don't drink. Mickey Spillane I have ADHD. I'll admit it. will.i.am It's wonderful to me that bees have this simple, age-old thing going on. Peter Fonda I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker. Barbara Corcoran I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew. Jonathan Ames

very fast and very witty and very loud, and I think we're all so freaked out about theater keeping audiences interested because everybody's so freaked out about theater becoming irrelevant. Annie Baker Nobody took me too seriously but I was grown up even as a baby. Sharon Stone Obamacare comes to more than two thousand pages of rules, mandates, taxes, fees, and fines that have no place in a free country. Paul Ryan Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation. Zebulon Pike I wrote my earliest piece for The Sunday Times about being a young wife. Jilly Cooper The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists. A. N. Wilson The authentic self is the soul made visible. Sarah Ban Breathnach It was hard to find a board my size. I was tiny. Shaun White I think wherever you go, when people hear good music, they will react to it. Wiz Khalifa America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor. Paul Tsongas

inspired me as a teenager. Jenny Eclair The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer. Sean Durkin I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver, and I believe we should cut the salaries of senators and congressmen 10 percent until they balance the budget. I call that conservative common sense. Herman Cain When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it. Jack Kevorkian I had to see and feel and be with the thing that I wanted to write about. Ernest Gaines I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me. Annie Leibovitz My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom. Steve Buscemi This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius. James Rado The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now. Aaliyah I think we love watching people that are flawed because we're al

frustrated; I would be, too. I get frustrated at the cash register counter when the paper runs out. Russel Honore Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait. Jay Kay The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain. Susan B. Anthony I never like things that don't look nice. It's really that simple. Annabelle Selldorf I'm not afraid of getting into a subject I don't know much about. Christopher Moore So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was. Sidney Poitier I loved fencing and dancing and elocution. Vivien Leigh Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look. Maeve Binchy The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust. Marcus Tullius Cicero Whatever you do, don't do it halfway. Bob Beamon

is here and the lunch tent is here, and you're not allowed to get yourself from these three places. Olivia Williams Is France a northern European export powerhouse, or a Mediterranean indebted and dependent economy? Yes to both. Francois Hollande Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don't think you can make your kids' dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams. Billy Crystal I do like change. That's the one thing exciting about me. Katherine Heigl I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith. Thomas S. Monson Now it seems like a lot more people recognize me. Mary Pierce I always feel kind of absurd and presumptuous presenting a speech. Moby I've always been a little soft. I like to eat. Chris Pratt I'm not a mean person. Darren Criss There are no crowds out there demanding to see smoking scenes in movies. Joe Eszterhas

risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about. Kevin Bacon We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on. Robert Benchley Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though as well. Ice T A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind. Ronald Graham Gossip is called gossip because it's not always the truth. Justin Timberlake History is more interesting than politics. Lennart Meri I don't edit information, I follow it. David Icke People like passion in politics. Ed Gillespie We had a lion that was living in somebody's basement outside of Branson, Missouri. Tippi Hedren I try to do things I haven't been able to before. David Morse

and television. I'm catching up on Americana. Joni Mitchell An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment. Felix Adler Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain. Anna Seward Abstraction is everybody's zero but nobody's nought. Robert Smithson I like wet hair and sweatpants. I like sneakers and ponytails. Chris Evans True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment. Dada Vaswani Freedom means the freedom to behave coarsely, basely, foolishly. George Will It was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy. Anatoly Chubais Life is just an ongoing process. Stefanie Powers Writing is hard - writing is the hardest. Aubrey Plaza

is not so splendid as a garment which has been cut to fit somebody not of your stature. Edna Ferber Having a separate bathroom for the black domestic was just the way things were done. It had faded out in new homes by the time the '70s and '80s rolled up. Kathryn Stockett If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power. Harriet Martineau I'm not a journalist; I'm a poet. Werner Herzog I'm a happy guy. Creed Bratton It's OK to have a little bit of curve. Miranda Lambert I don't do any amount of stunts. Seann William Scott When I was younger, I was always obsessed with nails. Serena Williams Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course. Skitch Henderson The thrill of doing visual effects doesn't exist. Evan Goldberg

the peer pressure, and kids being mean to each other in school. I think that's such a horrible thing, but I never really dealt with it in a high school way. Hilary Duff Now I literally roll out of bed and put on whatever is there. I have really enjoyed being a boy this last year. Rooney Mara I don't believe in luck. Nelly In real life, I'm always in tracksuits, and I never wear makeup. Teresa Palmer I've never been interested in playing the boring ingenue. Melissa McCarthy I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product. Steve Coogan I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman. King James I I'm a big fan of country. Jeff Bridges I'm an actor who hates dialogue and the present day and reality. Christina Ricci The best reduction, the most final reduction, is to destroy the warheads. Jack Reed

the natural order of things. We had short hair, wore pants, and played baseball. Girls had long hair, wore skirts, and, no matter how hard they tried, always threw a baseball just like a girl. Kenneth R. Miller The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough. Herbert Read I learnt to drive at around eleven years old. In an old jeep on a field in Colorado. There were lots of ditches. I could barely see over the steering wheel. David Lauren I shot Footloose nearby, and we used to hike. Very fond memories. Dianne Wiest I could run, but I was throwing 93 mph coming out of high school. Shemar Moore I think clever people think that poor people are stupid. Norm MacDonald I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs. Little Richard I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it. Wynton Marsalis I wonder if these people today would think Reagan was a Reagan conservative. Michael Reagan You can always be a little bit better. D

Thinking is a very bad master. If you're dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted. Eckhart Tolle I have always brought home stray animals - everything from squirrels to wild rabbits to foxes and turtles. Amy Weber And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance. Daniel Nathans Get tough: don't work under pressure; work over pressure. Brian Celio The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this. Mary Martin I have had all of the disadvantages required for success. Larry Ellison A lot of my identity as an Aboriginal person is about family. Shari Sebbens You can educate people on how to preempt their own conflict. Wangari Maathai It has been said that I make chick flicks. This is not a compliment. Amy Pascal The scene where I took my eyelashes off we did in two takes. Marie Windsor

fingers, and I'm in touch with the deepest emotions within. It took me a while to learn that whatever I feel like doing is the right thing. If I want to play an invisible instrument, I will. Jill Scott Here is a fear for me, I never wanted to be one of those guys that was defined by a body of work 20 years old. Todd McFarlane I miss Betty madly. I loved her. Whenever people talk about her, I get really nostalgic. There are parts of her still with me; I played her for four years and, of course, the lines get blurred. America Ferrera Feminists were psyched that I had armpit hair. Paula Cole Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love. George Eliot I have a talent, I can sing. LeAnn Rimes No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one. Jessica Savitch Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair. Franz Kafka A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house. Moliere

active lifestyle you need a product that you can use quickly and doesn't streak or leave you with orange hands. Peter Andre Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits. Carly Fiorina I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay. Lionel Blue A nice pair of Jimmy Choos never hurt anyone. Kristin Chenoweth But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways. Joe Mantegna I ride my bike, I work out, I do a bit of, er, dancey things. Stella McCartney In being strict, you were able to control. Joseph Jackson You don't win as a party unless you become a bigger party. Rand Paul People think I hate the Royal Family, but that's not true. John Lydon It's frustrating not to have more control over your material. Terry Southern

craft, I sweat a little bit, I run a little bit, I might sprain an ankle every now and them, but it's all good and the more you do it, the more in shape you are and it's like a machine. Nia Long We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to buy prescription drugs for old people, and we must do it... for the children. L. Neil Smith I love playing roles that are physical, absolutely love. Whether it's just that kind of basic level of physicality or whether it's stunts. Ellen Page It's a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes. Michael Jordan In fact, I'm a geek. Kelli Garner I like to use all of myself, and acting wasn't doing that. Stanley Tucci For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them. Theresa May Newman's second law: Just when things look darkest, they go black. Paul Newman Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say. Bernie Mac It wou

the second movie.' I went, 'You're kidding me. The fans are going to go berserk.' Geoffrey Rush I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car. Billy Corgan The industrial thing came about mainly through giving up trying to write pop songs in the early '90s. I don't think I was ever very good at pop music and as soon as I stopped trying, and started to write more the things I loved, it became much heavier and more aggressive. Gary Numan I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Bronte I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for. Sonia Johnson I want to be a vampire. They're the coolest monsters. Gerard Way Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow. James Joyce Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth. Shirley Chisholm When dad told me Mr Steptoe had passed away, I broke down. Louise Brown I believe it is better to be prepared for illness than to wait for a cure. Roger M

taxes and election news and pedophiles online and just go and have some fun. I like doing movies that are fun. Samuel L. Jackson An educated people can be easily governed. Frederick the Great Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions arise through the principle of memory only, like those empirical physicians who have mere practice without theory. Gottfried Leibniz A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue. James Monroe I've finally graduated from 'I don't give a hoot.' Kristin Chenoweth Honey, have you ever seen a man knitting socks? Ezer Weizman On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone. Janis Joplin For slaves to fashion, the rules are made to be broken. George Kotsiopoulos Sometimes I say the medication is even tougher than the illness. Sanya Richards-Ross We have 45,000 square miles of geography in Ohio. Kenneth Blackwell

wish the columnists themselves would come out too. Michael Musto Leaving England was a painful decision, and we still have some regrets about it. However, at that time, the research environment for theoretical chemistry was clearly better in the U.S. John Pople Other people's perspective, just seeing the sexy image, might be that I take my sexuality very seriously. But I really don't. I like being sexy. It's fun, and I have had a nice little career off it. Carmen Electra I'm not as snarky as I used to be. Stacy London Cary Grant was one of the most marvelous men I've ever met. Jayne Mansfield I think having a dog makes you more compassionate. Cheyenne Jackson I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records. Joan Jett People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies. Friedrich Durrenmatt Literature becomes the living memory of a nation. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Now that I beat Lindsay I feel much better. Martina H

to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness. Gilda Radner I hated singing and getting up in front of crowds. Rod Stewart Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries. Margaret Sanger Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight. Diane Ackerman I refuse to be crude and selfish in any way. DeForest Kelley I'm a home girl. I like to stay home. Faith Hill Solidarity was the best thing which happened in the 20th century. Mikheil Saakashvili I think all of us are shaped by the choices we make. Jim Courier When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe. Kathie Lee Gifford His finest hour lasted a minute and a half. Phyllis Diller

and hard rock. Then I surprised myself by discovering ethnic music. Now I like to listen to music from different places, and in many situations. Even when you work, some ethnic music calms the nerves. Dmitry Medvedev Enterprise Systems, I mean. And not just a little bit, either. Orders of magnitude wrong. Billions and billions of dollars worth of wrong. Hang-our-heads-in-shame wrong. It's time to stop the madness. Tim Bray My number one thing to work on is not being reactive - but appropriateness doesn't come easily to me sometimes. Courtney Love I mean, the most important thing to me is imagination. Rob Walton I love standup and I haven't given it up. Ray Romano Grown men do not need leaders. Edward Abbey It worked well because Don Murray didn't want to be on Knots anymore. William Devane I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe. Rufus Wainwright I am not one of the great journalists of my time. Jane Pauley My pro

what their companies do, because entities are responsible for socially irresponsible behavior. Simon Mainwaring Salazar's record is one of weakness; he hasn't been a good attorney general. Bob Schaffer But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they make it clear that it's America's bullying foreign policy they detest. Harry Browne Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky. Reggie Jackson I love to read about what my love life is really like. Jennifer Aniston Death is feared as birth is forgotten. Douglas Horton I'm very proud of my well-earned wrinkles, so show 'em. Rod Stewart The camera photographs what's there. Jack Nicholson This economy is on life support. Herman Cain I believe I can adapt to anything. Deron Williams

Winslet, Cate Blanchett or Hilary Swank? Because those girls are intelligent and talented, people are interested. Milla Jovovich The role of my agent has just been to get me in the room. If I can get in the room - say the character is just a charming man who lives next door - then I'll walk in there and be as charming as I can and they will think to themselves, 'I don't see why we can't cast him.' Idris Elba Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded. Schuyler Fisk I'm still amazed people remembered and didn't give up on me. Solomon Burke I sort of look at music as helping me get through situations. Eric Stonestreet Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish. Edward Burnett Tylor At 8, I made a pact with God. Taylor Caldwell I was su

some trained workers; for trained workers, you need some schools; for schools you need some money; for money, you need some industry. Evan Davis As a result of World War II, European artists migrated to America, enlarging the scene and diminishing Paris as the center. America was beginning its dominance of the art world with the emergence of the Abstract Expressionists. Arne Glimcher Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times. Michael Morpurgo I never starved myself. Tatjana Patitz My consciousness is without limits more than when I was 40 or 50. Alejandro Jodorowsky I'm always looking for something different to do at the gym. Jenna Ushkowitz If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters. E. F. Schumacher I'm not a big goal guy. Harry Connick, Jr. We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature. Sylvia Earle I always wanted to be an actor. Dan Steven

steps and knowing how close to be or how far away. You have to have the beat in the right place with the camera. Channing Tatum I would love to do a Western again if Westerns came back into fashion. Bruce Boxleitner You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that's what you'll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. I don't know a man on this Earth who can outwork me. Ray Lewis There are so many decisions in making a movie. Rick Baker You have to stay on top and learn from mistakes. Venus Williams Someone who knows only music, understands nothing about it. Hanns Eisler I think we could all be a bit more elitist. Rufus Wainwright It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. George Herman To find people who don't want anything is rare. Andrew Young

in an unworthy way, providing you are led by faith. Do not fear lest you should entertain false opinions of Him so long as they are in conformity with the notion of the infinitely perfect Being. Nicolas Malebranche It's hard enough to tell good stories about people who analyze information for a living. It's even harder to do a good show about people who think for a living. Henry Bromell You know, when you're poor and you have a bunch of kids in your family, you don't know that everybody's not poor. Kenny Rogers Changing things from the top down works when things are stable. Kevin Kelly I don't fight people for fun. Fred Durst At this age, I should be leading a quiet life. Aung San Suu Kyi I hope to have some more cracks at some wonderful roles before I go to the Great Beyond. Sally Kellerman In politics one should not expect big jumps. Everything takes time. Sharad Pawar Spring is very energising to me. David Hockney I hate Christmas,

old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth. Willem Dafoe I've been so in my moment about my life. Tracey Gold Fashion is a weapon that you can use when you need it. Donatella Versace No one has ever become poor by giving. Anne Frank Nobody knows anything. William Goldman Washington is an endless series of mock palaces clearly built for clerks. Ada Louise Huxtable He said true things, but called them by wrong names. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Literature has drawn a funny perimeter that other art forms haven't. Jonathan Safran Foer Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never. Livy I unwittingly became sort of this anorexia spokeswoman. Tracey Gold

such as sex discrimination and retaliation. John Hawkins In terms of men I fancy, I think the actor James Franco is gorgeous. But I find it odd to be described as a sex symbol myself. Emma Watson Mobile is an incredibly fast-growing market and will continue to be. Susan Wojcicki I race kind of sparingly. Ryan Hall To be a mentor for up-and-coming artists is right up my alley. Jessica Simpson I've always believed that clothing is a great way to tell your story. Carson Kressley As a very experienced writer once told me, 'It's in the rewrites'. Tom Skerritt The kids put you on a pedestal. I didn't like it. Tommy Rettig The older I get, the more I accept and appreciate myself. Paula Patton Kosovo's destiny is clearly to join the European Union at some point. Emma Bonino

by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed. Imran Khan I would really hate to have e-mail. It's bad enough with all the mail I get. Marian McPartland The perception of the audience is the interesting part. If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on or not? Robert Fripp We must revisit the idea that science is a methodology and not an ontology. Deepak Chopra I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people. Woody Hayes The worst thing a government can do now in Spain is to do nothing. Mariano Rajoy I'm not the most talkative guy in the world. Skeet Ulrich The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia. Davy Jones To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires. W. E. B. Du Bois I feel about romance the same way I do about a vocation; it's a calling. Alden Ehrenreich

sure that our reporting was at least as diverse as it was during this most recent war. Jim Walton I don't disagree with seeing a Rubens of a nude body, but I don't believe in a nude body in action. With Rubens, thank goodness, they aren't in action. Ginger Rogers When meeting difficult situations, one should dash forward bravely and with joy. Yamamoto Tsunetomo I was like the good girl, bad girl, there were no grey areas for me. Belinda Carlisle I use my mind to solve problems and invent things. Temple Grandin I try to parent equally, but I think little girls are a little more sensitive. Don Johnson After we wrote The Wreckoning, our record label did listen. Taryn Manning Misery is a match that never goes out. Thomas Huxley I'm vaguely embarrassed by myself sometimes. Tom Stoppard I was always an entertainer. Chad Michael Murray