I don't know what that is, I'm really curious about that. I'm really curious about what people think they're doing when they're doing something evil, casually. I think it's really interesting, that we benefit from suffering so much, and we excuse ourselves from it. Louis C. K. Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. Walter Bagehot I've always been fascinated by the operation of memory - the way in which it is not linear but fragmented, and its ambivalence. Penelope Lively The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten. Norman Ralph Augustine Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children. James Anthony Froude A large part of crime is economics - if people are working and and have a home and family to support, then I believe you can reduce the crime rate. Vincent Frank I am not a madman or a nut. Abdul Qadeer Khan Idealism is fine, bu...

their brain for memory. When they look to the left, they're looking for a lie or something they memorized. When they look to the right, they're feeling sorry - they don't want to answer. Duane Chapman Solitude begets whimsies. Mary Wortley Montagu What I want is to be number one. Steve Prefontaine You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it. William Gilbert Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face. Michel de Montaigne Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds. Miguel de Cervantes I don't pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do. Johnny Depp Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. Isaac Asimov Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but not of terrorist sympathies. Richard Perle

should make that insight into a concentration that you keep alive throughout the day. Then what you say, what you think, and what you do will then be in the light of that wisdom and you will avoid making mistakes and creating suffering. Thich Nhat Hanh I like to go to parties where I know everyone. How are you going to have fun with people you don't know? Mary-Kate Olsen Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power. Josiah Gilbert Holland The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. Matthew Arnold There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty. George Farquhar I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports. Richard M. Nixon We started this mostly from an intellectual place. Melinda Gates Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures. Thomas Aquinas ...

coming up say, 'You're a sellout, because you're doing something other than what you should be doing.' 'Top Chef' is a double-edged sword for me: There's a whole group of people who will not come to the restaurants because they assume I'm not in them anymore, all I do is TV. Tom Colicchio Well, Bill, I don't think you're going to find many shy people that are in the political business. Scott McCallum There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good. Plato All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation. W. H. Auden The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure, which cannot be described, but which is equal to anything. Stephen Leacock Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it. Jesse Owens I think, head up and shoulders back. Not only does it make you look taller and thinner but it gives...

and dine with the right but I've often concurred, taking the view that I personify the great tolerance of Britain by consenting to being regally entertained. Besides, there is a degree of truth in the view that while the left are worthier, the right are wittier. Will Self I think things happened the way they did for a reason. Aaron Neville History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is. Thomas Jefferson It was also my experience at Hull-House that aroused my interest in industrial diseases. Alice Hamilton You cannot run faster than a bullet. Idi Amin If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters. Pauline Phillips It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Grace Hopper It's hard to explain why I like Europe so much. Broderick Crawford A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue. Edith Wharton

and when I got into high school I went into architectural drafting. It gave me an understanding of how to build things and it's really helped me put things in perspective. With my music and my movies, to me it's all art. Ice Cube There's no way to be able to tell what it's like to be a country singer until you're walking in the shoes. Tanya Tucker 'Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged. Miguel de Cervantes To say something nice about yourself, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They'd rather take their clothes off. Nancy Friday She knows more of love than the poets can say, and her eyes offer something that won't go away. Harry Chapin Space is to place as eternity is to time. Joseph Joubert Pride will spit in pride's face. Thomas Fuller I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems. Alec Baldwin I'm glad I...

car to tell the world he cares about sports cars, it's also the person driving around in a fuel-conscious hybrid electric car, because it's more a message to the world than an effective means of saving fuel, to be quite honest. Richard Hammond Praise the bridge that carried you over. George Colman The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it. Winston Churchill 'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival. Al Purdy Hardship makes the world obscure. Don DeLillo I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't. Joe Strummer Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Always be smarter than the people who hire you. Lena Horne In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion. Ro...

Office estimated that going headlong over the cliff would cause our gross domestic product, which has been growing at an annual rate of around 2 percent, to fall at a rate of 2.9 percent in the first half of 2013. Christina Romer I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me. Alan Shepard A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow. Charlotte Bronte I'm kinda disapointed that Canada isn't like the South Park movie said it was. Joel Madden You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving. Anatole France Lawless are they that make their wills their law. William Shakespeare I like power and I like to use it. Sam Rayburn Non-violence is the article of faith. Mahatma Gandhi How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it. B...

you can't say pretty much what you think. You are not in it for the money: there's unremitting pressure on your life, you give up so much of your privacy. It can only be because of the things you want to do and the things you want to say. Ken Livingstone He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him. Herbert Beerbohm Tree The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money. Ted Shackelford When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas. Emo Philips I figure this is my time - to relax, be with my family and have a normal life. Candace Cameron Bure Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight. William Congreve A good photograph is knowing where to stand. Ansel Adams How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is. Wilhelm von Humboldt I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together ...

out how it was all going to fit together. Because I felt like, when I was with him, I wanted to be writing and I should be writing. And when I was writing, I felt like I should be with him, and wanted to be with him. So I was unhappy a lot. Jennifer Egan If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor. Charles Buxton We are free to yield to truth. Horace I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old. Joe Cocker Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart. Mort Walker Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to keep on formulating them. Susan Sontag The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. Ambrose Bierce So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age. Lionel Hampton I am really driven, but my drive doesn't effect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worri...

separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life. Rachel Cusk Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose. Baltasar Gracian There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming. Soren Kierkegaard To avoid a military conflict, Saddam Hussein has no other choice than to leave the country. Ari Fleischer He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, but then again he doesn't know the meaning of most words. Bobby Bowden I've had lots of kids come up and ask for my autograph, I've had a grandmother stop me and ask me if I know a good place to buy underwear. Prince William Even when I'm old and grey...

the street, they'd be like, 'Oh, wow - are you Elle Fanning?' Before 'Somewhere,' they asked me if I was Dakota Fanning, because we looked alike, and I'd say, 'No, I'm her younger sister.' Elle Fanning Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical failure of an entire sensibility. Susan Sontag When I am angry I can pray well and preach well. Martin Luther Any agreement that you have isn't going to be based on North Korea's intentions or trust. Mitchell Reiss If God is pleased in making you sick and unhappy, I hate God. Ernestine Rose How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men? Lao Tzu I'm always moving forward. Debbie Allen When I was coming up, I just wanted to play baseball and I'm doing what I love to do most. How can I feel pressure doing what I love to do? Miguel Cabrera Taxes are not good things, but if you want services...

about being a well-rounded entertainer than being a pop artist. Obviously, it would be wonderful to have a hit record but I don't base my happiness on that anymore. It's about the accomplishment of a project that satisfies me. I just want to enjoy the ride. Donny Osmond Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express. T. S. Eliot When the Lord sent me forth into the world, He forbade me to put off my hat to any, high or low. George Fox Community care is a fundamental, an essential, an enduring part of our aged care system. Julie Bishop Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money. Bo Bennett I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school changed my life. Pryor really put the heart in darkness for me. Marc Maron It's very selfish when I write. I...

them so we can better meet our needs - is contrary to our scientific understanding of evolution and, of course, to the fossil record, which shows the existence of non-human primates and other animals millions of years before there were any human beings at all. Peter Singer One cannot accomplish anything without fanatacism. Evita Peron You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own 'acres of diamonds.' Earl Nightingale Something that required the best of you has ended. You will miss it. Anne Wilson Schaef When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck. E. W. Howe I sometimes think that Thomas Cook should be numbered among the secular saints. He took travel from the privileged and gave it to the people. Robert Runcie Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement. Ronald Reagan Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future. Julius Sterlin...

character right and having it be funny, make sense and be romantic, it's creating a puzzle. Yes, having been a writer for so long, I have an awareness of when things are going awry, but it doesn't mean I know how to fix them. Nancy Meyers The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted. John Lyly You only have a week to do a show. I mean, there's only so deep you can dig in that week. David Hyde Pierce Life has no beginning, middle or end. Marguerite Young I have always hated machinery, and the only machine I ever understood was a wheelbarrow, and that but imperfectly. E. T. Bell You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action. Tony Robbins The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will not exist at all. Karl Rahner The passions of the young are vices in the old. Joseph Joubert A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than ...

with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago. Karen Thompson Walker Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace. Dwight D. Eisenhower I love being objected to. It worries me, but I love being objected to. Stan Brakhage My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains. Gale Norton Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young. Jarvis Cocker If I knew I couldn't win races, I would have stayed in the States. Jacques Villeneuve Tax cuts are an investment in working fa...

gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine. We only aim to de-legitimize the settlement activities and the occupation and apartheid and the logic of ruthless force, and we believe that all the countries of the world stand with us in this regard. Mahmoud Abbas Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them. Horace The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again. Sally Quinn Your body hears everything your mind says. Naomi Judd If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. H. L. Mencken Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat - no matter who killed the meat for him. Ernest Hemingway Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. T...

admired, and it is certainly an easy read, but because Gruen is not quite prepared for the philosophical implications of her subject, it is not as deeply involving emotionally or as interesting thematically as it could be. Jane Smiley One great use of words is to hide our thoughts. Voltaire I would hope to inspire in my listeners a feeling of freedom - of speech, thought and political activity. John Hall Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire. John Dewey The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death. Blaise Pascal Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should. Richard Dreyfuss To me rites of passage through life, that's a wonderful, beautiful thing. Lance Henriksen Hope is the denial of reality. Margaret Weis There's always a race against time. I don't think for one moment that life gets better. How can it? One...

even if it's not perfect according to the book. I just feel sexy. For the first time, I don't want to get rid of the curves. I just want to tone it up. My body is comfortable, and it's not unhealthy, so I'm going to rock with it. Rihanna The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it. Emile M. Cioran Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity. Paul Goodman A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad. Samuel Goldwyn I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design. Yukihiro Matsumoto To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do it on his own. John Gray Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. Aristotle Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. Dale Carnegie President Joh...

remade. It needed an update. But the 'Bad News Bears,' or 'The Shaggy D.A.,' those are classic movies. I think they did a good job of remaking them, but it's just not the same thing. Nobody can top Tatum O'Neal. It just isn't the same. Carly Schroeder My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. Thomas Jefferson Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated. Frederick William Robertson Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. Greg Anderson Never answer a question from a farmer. Hubert H. Humphrey The best people to listen to are those who have already been successful accomplishing exactly what you are seeking to accomplish. Brian Koslow Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas. Emile M. Cioran The seed o...

it but the writing - I'll mess around with echo and other effects, just turn everything up and make it as crazy as can be, and it winds up taking me somewhere. I've found so many guitar parts from echo. It's limitless. The Edge Talk radio has almost ruined the sports fan. Phil Simms It's hard not to want to strangle people when you work with them for four years. Lea Thompson The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought. Pythagoras You're only as big as your last hit. Chris Squire We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free. Jim DeMint So basically, I don't know what I'm talking about. But maybe I do. Jenny McCarthy If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. Frank A. Clark Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole. Pierre Bonnard

the press, but just like in football there are a handful who cause problems because they're disrespectful, they're lazy, and above all - and this is what really gets to me - they haven't worked hard to get there. Gordon Strachan Neither do I think that I ever put any dishonour upon you. Anne Hutchinson Change in all things is sweet. Aristotle Scholarship except by accident is never the measure of a person's power. Josiah Gilbert Holland Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit. Jonathan Shapiro Spontaneity is such an entertaining facet of show business. Chuck Barris Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with. Alan Parker Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being. Charles Dudley Warner Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where...

a lot of the confusion about the political ramifications have to do with that one word having so many meanings. So, it's democratic in that it quite literally delivers power to the people; it, it essentially opens up participation in the public's mind. Clay Shirky I've never had an easy relationship with critics. I hold a lot of homicide in my heart. If this was another time, I'd be packing a piece. Jim Dine Honestly achieved results surpass all others. Michael Diamond We are a model country where gender equality is concerned. Tarja Halonen Our initial assessment is that they will all die. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower. Earl Warren The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it. John Hay We live on the leash of our senses. Diane Ackerman Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder an...

I don't see song titles and artwork, I see the fight - I see the emotions, the blood, sweat and tears. There are a couple of songs on there that I love; but 'Lasers' is a little bit of what you love, a little bit of what you like, and a lot of what you had to do. Lupe Fiasco We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. Henry James Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light. Theodore Roethke Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. Babe Ruth Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film. Yahoo Serious A thief believes everybody steals. E. W. Howe Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities. Jack K...

their favorite movie is that 'Drive' is a 90-minute trip into what a lot of seventies filmmaking was. It encapsulates the best of a certain kind of style, and a style that a lot of people haven't seen before, with the music and the way it's edited. Albert Brooks We're not programming to conservatives. We're just not eliminating their point of view. Roger Ailes Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it. Luther Allison You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way. Sarah Brightman There is a gulf between the high value Americans put on life in theory and its cheapness in practice. Elizabeth Joan Smith All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. Peter Camejo I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. Michelangelo I ...

a house, contracts, litigation, real estate, copyrights, leasing, entertainment, intellectual property, forensic accounting, criminal offenses... the list goes on. Now, you have to have a separate lawyer for each one of those categories! James Belushi A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress. Bryant H. McGill The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries. John Adams I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries. Darrell Royal People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception? Claude Debussy The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little. Thomas Merton Well, I think we're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world. Joey Ramone I think people in general have neglected to learn about history. Maynard James Keenan There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibilit...

nothing on films, and that's unfortunate because you have to make a living. On the other hand, I don't do a better job because I get paid a lot of money. I'm never like, 'I'm not going to work as hard because I'm not getting paid as much.' Matt Dillon I defend peoples' right to do that in a lawful manner, but I have not undertaken that practice myself. Rick Boucher To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane. Jane Harrison We just want kids to come to our concert and forget about everything. Joel Madden I had the qualifications, but I was not chosen. Luther Allison To err is human, but it feels divine. Mae West Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution. Ivan Chermayeff Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse. Charles Dickens I t...

out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding standard like 25 by 2025 not based in science or feasibility. Instead, we worked with both industry and environmental groups to come up with a standard that made sense and was doable. Fred Upton You know, you do it, and you get paid for it, and you have a wonderful time, then you're on to something else. Eva Marie Saint How can you dare teach a man to read until you've taught him everything else first? Giorgos Seferis The earth is a great big orphanage for most animals. Eric Roberts If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it. Thelma Ritter Where there's tea there's hope. Arthur Wing Pinero Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative. John Lydon Remedies, indeed, are our great analysers of disease. Peter Latham I mean, I wasn't stupid. I knew we'd make money and sell a lot of Dune books. Kevin J. And...

work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them. Michelle Obama My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam. Shirin Ebadi Sowing is not as difficult as reaping. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is originally an unlearned feeling process. Keeping grief inside increases your pain. Anne Grant As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula. Dave Barry I'm really a romantic at heart. Christopher Atkins My work is intensely personal. Andres Serrano I still think like a critic, and I still analyze films like a critic. However, it's not possible to write criticism if you're making films. Paul Schrader Everything I tho...

act. This is a very emotional question. I can't answer it without crying. I think, You're 56 years old, what did you do? You raised two good kids. What am I going to do now that is as meaningful as that? I don't know the answer yet. Ellen Barkin I've always thought that we, as human beings, would be naive and arrogant to pretend that we're the only life form in the galaxy. Jonathan Frakes They have vilified me, they have crucified me; yes, they have even criticized me. Richard J. Daley There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why. William Barclay An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out. George Jean Nathan People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. Nicolas Chamfort A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not. Johann Gottlieb Fichte The world is the true classroom. The most rewar...

about it, but I definitely get in the gym a lot more frequently towards awards season. The guys always look great. They're both great looking and wear a good suit and a great tie and some awesome shoes and they're good to go. I'm like, 'I don't know what to do!' Hillary Scott I don't vote for the guy I trust. I vote for the guy who trusts me the most. Gary Burghoff Every pessimist who ever lived has been buried in an unmarked grave. Tomorrow has always been better than today, and it always will be. Will Harvey Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself. Robert Green Ingersoll Well, actually, I'm a bisexual lesbian in a man's body... but it's more complicated than that. Tony Parker A people whose souls are so little tuned to joy. John Wilkes Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool. Maynard James Keenan Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions. Pete S...

what those songs are going to be. One of those songs that really went through the roof for us was 'Big Green Tractor,' which I thought was kind of a fun little ditty song that I never in a million years thought would be as big as it was. But it was. Jason Aldean We were sharecroppers - we were a little bit of everything. We farmed and tried to make something. Buck Owens We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here. Gary Ackerman There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade. Douglas Feith I have a whole other side that has yet to be seen on screen. Wesley Snipes Who seems most hideous when adorned the most. Ludovico Ariosto California is a fine place to live - if you happen to be an orange. Fred Allen We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we're doing it, is teach and learn. Stanley Fish It pays to know the enemy - not lea...

city that conservatives portray as the citadel of the power-grabbing, government-growing left has been selling itself off in pieces for years. It signed a 99-year lease for the Chicago Skyway, a toll road in the city's South Side, back in 2005. Thomas Frank Although, I think you look back and you try to learn from your mistakes. Jerry Bruckheimer The power to shape Oregon's future remains where it has always been - in our collective hands. Ted Kulongoski I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty. Samuel Goldwyn Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. Jonathan Swift All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. W. H. Murray Simple is the only way I can write. Don Gibson Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human. Agatha Christie The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate rea...

genetic code, the origin of ubiquitous bio macromolecules and assemblages like the ribosome, and the origin of molecular machines like the bacterial flagellum, and intelligent design will die a quick and painless death. William A. Dembski Sometimes I hear a drum groove in my head and I rush down to my studio. Billy Sherwood Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies. Wendell Phillips If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance. Bernard Williams How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law. Edward Coke Education is the transmission of civilization. Will Durant Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action. W. Somerset Maugham I guess I've always liked ...

allows the actors to overlap and to find moments that feel more authentic and real than what you sometimes would normally get in a scripted drama that's shot more classically. And that's something in 'Parenthood' that has evolved. Jason Katims I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say 'You stink'. Clay Aiken If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own. Richard Cecil I kept going to different colleges, but dropped out. Spencer Dryden To write well you must be willing to go naked into the world. Daniel Keys Moran Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act. Jack Welch To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand. Tiberius The American flag is the most recognized symbol o...

want your product or service?' As you can expect, the answer is often that they don't yet, but will know once they launch. And they're right. That's why it's critical to launch as quickly as possible so you can get that feedback. Kathryn Minshew Under popular culture's obsession with a naive inclusion, everything is O.K. Stanley Crouch The corporate killer downsizing is directly responsive to what the mutual funds have wanted. Jim Cramer No matter how difficult your situation may be you have to follow the Lord of the Second Advent completely. Sun Myung Moon The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one. Joan Baez To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. Baltasar Gracian It's funny that all these goths paint their faces with such white make-up and that is the actual colour of my skin, I am that pale! Kelly Osbourne I already played James Dean in a film called Race with Destiny,...

duty. I was stalked myself, had a gunman go pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, five hollow point bullets, God save me. What do you think this is? This isn't Zimmerman. But unfortunately, he's become the face of Block Watch, Crime Watch. Curtis Sliwa We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do with information. Peter Drucker Trust not too much to appearances. Virgil Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you. Denis Waitley If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue. Peter Ustinov A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult. John B. S. Haldane If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress. Will Rogers Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishin...

Google is doing, and people will always have the free choice... because there's no way for us to prevent them from exercising that choice. That is one of the key aspects of why the Internet has been so successful. No technologies can dominate. Eric Schmidt The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. Albert Camus I was right then, I'm right now. I think time has proven me right. Pete Wilson Diphthongs are indicated by combinations of hooks and circles. John Robert Gregg If I didn't have fake nails, my fingers would be bloody stumps. Nikki Cox I really think everything is fair game. Sarah Silverman The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart. William Butler Yeats The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill Baseball is a man maker. Al Spalding

numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science, environmental management, government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic. James Buchan The Federal government does not have any information about extraterrestrial life to conceal, and there are no secret projects for me to investigate. Orrin Hatch Money to me is just the biggest blessing in the world that allows me freedom. Linda Evans We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire. Rupert Brooke The physical world, including our bodies, is a response of the observer. We create our bodies as we create the experience of our world. Deepak Chopra Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own. George Bernard Shaw If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth l...

rented a room, when the results of my final school exam were handed to me by the postman, along with the news that I had a state scholarship to Oxford. I had waited for this letter for so many weeks that I had abandoned hope, deciding that I had failed ignominiously. Nina Bawden True life is lived when tiny changes occur. Leo Tolstoy I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe. Morgan Freeman Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. James M. Barrie I learned so much from Tony Danza I learned so much about myself. Judith Light My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism. John Woo Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn't find him stiff at all. Madonna Ciccone The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving sense. Jaco...

formed and shaped all the time, like it or not, by accident or on purpose, so there is an 'inner you.' You have a spirit. And it's constantly being shaped and tugged at: by what you hear and watch and say and read and think and experience. John Ortberg I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife. James Russell Lowell Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child. Anne Morrow Lindbergh We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school. Evelyn Waugh You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand? Robert Louis Stevenson I have a beautiful wife and two beautiful children, and every day I am paid to do what I love. Treat Williams That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material. Swami Vivekananda We let folks know we're interested in them an...

swallowed up by work. And if I make it home in time to say good night, I may have one good hour with the girls, maybe a brief family dinner or a family walk with the dog, and then it is back on the computer to prepare for tomorrow's shows. Mika Brzezinski The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout. Alice Walker Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means. Francis Hutcheson At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. Jean Houston Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready. Patrick Ewing Fidelity is the sister of justice. Horace The message of the free world to any potential Palestinian leadership should be a simple one: Embrace democratic reform and we will embrace you. Natan Sharansky Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology. Theodor Adorno In Europe you c...

do things because you're a Democrat. Sometimes that's good, obviously, and sometimes that's obviously bad. But in the news business, there's no such thing as Republican or Democratic news. News is news. J. C. Watts If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time. Sherman Alexie Neal had a couple of good ideas and they fit nicely, so that's the way I decided to go. Raymond E. Feist My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. Jimmy Durante I desperately want a dog, but I've been told I travel too much, and I'm not allowed to have a dog. Victoria Pratt I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results. Bill Rodgers Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or else it is not art. Jacques Barzun Even the people who come our way look upon us in amazement, that we run only for the healing of Mother ...

of other war happening back in the States, where wives of soldiers don't quite understand what their husbands have been through, because their husbands won't really talk about it, and that's really the hidden war. Tim Hetherington Damn your principles! Stick to your party. Benjamin Disraeli San Francisco is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty. Rudyard Kipling I have spent the past several years working so hard to just move on, and to try and build a life for myself. Monica Lewinsky The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec I'm a minor player in my own life story. Tony Wilson Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements. Giacomo Puccini Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theorie...

an emotional level very naturally through your playing. That's, you know, a great night. And I think the reason I love touring so much is you're chasing that high around all the time, trying to have another good night. Slash There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion. Charles de Montesquieu To me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years. Bobby Vinton Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty. Benjamin Disraeli The words walked right out of my mouth. James Brady I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories. George Carlin We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart. Blaise Pascal I won't be happy until we have every boy...

think, really, as a child - I've been interested in poems, but not so much for what the take home pay is, what you might sum up from them in moral or intellectual terms or whatever, but what's in the certain lines and how lines relates to other lines. David Ferry Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself. Shannon Miller I was a very serious young man, very committed to saving the world. Samuel Dash It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. Muhammad Ali I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it. Robert Smith Our trade opens to all the world. Ezra Stiles Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. Benjamin Disraeli Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through...

for the Miss World contest at the Royal Albert Hall. With two ex-wives and five daughters, I thought I wouldn't be involved with anyone for a long time - if ever. Winnie was so gorgeous, my jaw dropped - and it's a big jaw to drop. Bruce Forsyth God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer. Ramakrishna I'm so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run. Cathy Freeman Good schools underpin not only our economy, but the social fabric of our lives. Donald L. Carcieri Work for the fun of it, and the money will arrive some day. Ronnie Milsap Nothing endures but personal qualities. Walt Whitman Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood. Elizabeth Ashley I don't see scarey films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films. Brian De Palma Love is so much better when you're not married. Maria Callas

We simply can't tolerate that because we fear that any mistake, no matter how minor, could have devastating consequences. So we proclaim the superiority of our own choices. We've lost sight of the fact that people have preferences. Ayelet Waldman Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness. Sigmund Freud If we don't know life, how can we know death? Confucius I couldn't be playing him for this long if I didn't like him. Michael Shanks Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had. Michael Crichton Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lies man's only promise. Leo Buscaglia The biggest hurdle is figuring out who your friends are. Your real friends. Eleanor Mondale Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership. Earl Monroe There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeati...

founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times. Chris Christie Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour. Fran Drescher The fact is, it's hard to release movies. Campbell Scott Fate will find a way. Virgil He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly? Lord Byron Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time. Ross Perot Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life. Rick Moody The picture is a self-sufficient work of art. It is not connected to anything outside. Kurt Schwitters I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand women. Robert Menzies

1988. In 1992, they showed one: Oscar De La Hoya. In 1996, they didn't show it. In 2000, they didn't show it. In 2004, they didn't show it. In 2008, they did not even mention boxing at all. You would think the United States didn't have a boxing team in 2008. Evander Holyfield I'm afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory. Brent Scowcroft It's hard to avoid the past but one goes forward. Andy Summers Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have. Zig Ziglar Buildings designed exclusively on scientific principles will depress their occupants and constrain their creativity. Robert Evans Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. James A. Baldwin Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest. Charles Churchill Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. Ro...

female mind. It's just not the same thing with men. I mean, there are exceptions, but for the most part, women beat themselves up in their heads more. They overanalyze stuff far more than men do. Lizzy Caplan In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. Alfred Stieglitz They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it. Ayaan Hirsi Ali Our pre-9/11 gun laws allow our enemies in the War on Terror to arm themselves right here in our own country. Carolyn McCarthy I'm very flattered, but I don't think I'm the sexiest man on the planet. Douglas Wilson I owe a lot to my dad, just for having provided the wrestling business for us to get into. Owen Hart Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison. Henry David Thoreau America can't beat anyone anymore. George Clooney Let us ever...

be discovered and connect with a larger audience on the basis of shared values. So to get started, a non-profit should launch a Facebook page and invite your existing real world community to connect your cause and their networks. Simon Mainwaring It is sometimes the man who opens the door who is the last to enter the room. Elizabeth Bibesco I feel that every time I get the ball at the moment I am going to score. Michael Owen By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown. Samuel Daniel All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year. Gloria Swanson A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder. Chester W. Nimitz Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth. Virgil My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order. Dolly Parton Believing: it means believing ...

card swipes. Stripe is more for the Internet, it's focused on the kinds of transactions that weren't possible years ago. We think about how you would buy things from a mobile phone, crowd-funding, how should that work. Patrick Collison Back then, I couldn't have left a poem a year and gone back to it. Philip Levine Talking about music is like dancing about architecture. Steve Martin Philosophy is for the few. William Gilbert Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest. David Sanborn Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong. Fridtjof Nansen Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is. Herbert Kaufman Where annual elections end where slavery begins. John Quincy Adams The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. Marcus Tullius Cicero

for your country. At the end of the day, you want to do something special. There are plenty of people who earn 50 crores or 100 crores as businessmen or big professionals or who are really doing well in business. But what gives pleasure to your mom and dad is the fame. Mahendra Singh Dhoni Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period. Nicholas Sparks A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in. H. L. Mencken Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want. James Hetfield When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much. Enid Bagnold It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot The Bible says that two cannot walk together unless they are agreed. Peter Akinola When...

to be really honest about whether we believe in civil rights for all people or not. As Black people we need to remember the moment that we say it's okay to disenfranchise one segment of society, we're opening the door to move backward on ourselves. Kerry Washington From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of things, but history had a special appeal for me. Donald Kagan One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide. Charles Horton Cooley Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. H. L. Mencken Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person. Tennessee Williams There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. Erma Bombeck I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit. Guillermo d...

put the two together and you have an economic innovation that has become not just popular but downright chic. The innovation - microfinance - involves making small loans to poor entrepreneurs, usually in developing countries. James Surowiecki I have enough attention already. More, I don't really need. Chris Noth Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder. John Ruskin If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred. Walt Whitman The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm. Josh Billings The road can be hard on a kid if he's not careful. Bill Haley The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all. Lou Gehrig Liars are always most disposed to swear. Vittorio Alfieri Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules. Wayne Dyer

whatever. I came back and thought that everything had changed. I was like, 'Oh my God, I don't think I ever fit in here. And wait, who are all of these celebrities that are not actors? Where did all of the actors go?' Monica Potter Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its friends. Otto Hermann Kahn But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will. Vernor Vinge Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique. Herbie Hancock I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. Edith Wharton The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery. Plato In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind. Nora Ephron Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life...

and this media,' but now I've learned these are stages you need to go through. If you play really good golf, you're going to get more media attention and more interest in you, and you'll get more confident handling it. Lydia Ko The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory. Ted Engstrom Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks. Joe Paterno Most of us came out of Popeye, so turning Popeye into something believable was tricky enough. Gil Kane I've always defended Shania. She not only opened doors; she knocked several down. Faith Hill A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth. John Singer Sargent Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world. Lawrence G. Lovasik My dresses are very reasonably priced, for dresses that are cut on the body. John G...

how tough your elders had it. It's true that, if you had been coming of age back in, say, 1960, you would probably be feeling more restricted, if only because you were doomed to spend your days in a skirt, nylon stockings and girdle. Gail Collins To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. Saint Teresa of Avila The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. Geronimo I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer. Peter Ustinov The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship. Norman Douglas It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too. Rodney Dangerfield I'm not a politician. I onl...

know what it is to be a Jew. I've seen what it is; I am myself of Jewish origin, and therefore I can only be fully in support of the idea that the Jews, after all they've suffered, need a country where they are at home. Stephane Hessel Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. Kofi Annan Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost. Kevin Patterson It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand. Olive Schreiner An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't. Sacha Guitry It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio. Bono Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself. Casey Stengel Every Friday I used to have about fifty, sixty kids who would wait for me on Sunset Boulevard and I'd...

atmosphere. Actions have consequences. In fact, the consequences of past actions are already in the pipeline. Global temperatures are rising. Glaciers are melting. Sea levels are rising. Extreme weather events are multiplying. Cary Fowler If you fall in love with somebody you're working with, fine, but wait till your project is over. Liev Schreiber There are no taboos in bed, and there shouldn't be any taboos in bed. Frank Langella To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say. Will Durant As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along. Eleanor Roosevelt It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf. Christopher Dodd They liked me so long as the liquor flowed at my house, but I haven't seen any of them around lately. Bud Abbott Abuse of words has been the great instrument o...

with that intention. Certain things I can't stomach. But I tried to be as collegial as possible. When you sign that contract, you're tied to that opera house to try your best. But every different team will play with a different intensity. Bryn Terfel We see ourselves as first helping to open up markets to competition. Kenneth Lay I like to have fun with them. I like to toy with them a little bit. we're making television, after all. Right? Phil Keoghan The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm. Albert Camus I think there can be some disagreement as to whether Kerry really won Wisconsin or not. Scott McCallum There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. Elbert Hubbard Toleration is the best religion. Victor Hugo Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended yo...

writing and am amazed by her imagination. I read every 'Harry Potter' book as it came out and looked forward to each new one. I am rereading them now with my kids and enjoying them every bit as much. She made me look at jelly beans in a whole new way. Sheryl Sandberg The United Nations has come under the control of outlaw nations and self-serving special interest groups. Ginny Brown-Waite So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable. Walter Bagehot Nobody gets any guarantees. John Engler True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful. Paul Sweeney The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps. Robert Benchley Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. John Steinbeck And there is a difference between the essence of a Sacrament and its use. Martin Chemnitz My valor is certainly going...

was the best man at my mom's first wedding! And my brother's mother - my dad's first wife - is the sister to my mom's first husband's second wife. So my brothers are both stepcousins and stepbrothers. It's very '70s rock. Inara George The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. Francis Bacon Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself. Alberta Hunter Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead. Jackie Robinson I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself. Rodney Dangerfield Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide. Larry King There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them. Victoria Pratt So whatever it is you want, need or desire or just like t...

once we handle this issue, we'll never have to deal with the person again. We talk to every single person as though we're going to wind up sitting next to that person at his or her mother's house that night for dinner. Gary Vaynerchuk If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize. Muhammad Ali Now, I'm the only living member of that group. There was the six of us originally and they're now all gone. Martin Denny There are notes between notes, you know. Sarah Vaughan We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife. David Mamet It's impossible to make a picture without values. Values are the basis. If they are not, tell me what is the basis. William Morris Hunt Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of species. Konrad Lorenz If I died snowboarding, you could honestly tell everybody in the world th...

origins in new form, there are fewer of them, and they tend to cost a lot more money because you usually make more money on the megahit than you do on the steady progression of break-eveners. Except for the horror movie. Stephen Hunter Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. Tacitus The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend. Benjamin Disraeli In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein. Elizabeth Dole Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it. Nicolas Cage An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army. William Tecumseh Sherman I can talk to anybody but when it comes to somebody that I like, then I turn into like this five-year-old kindergar...

its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America. Youssou N'Dour I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments. John Phillips Marquand I just want the opportunity to continue to do great films, play great characters and work with great people. Moira Kelly I have more zits now than I did as a teenager. Stress zits. Tiffani Thiessen Yes, your home is your castle, but it is also your identity and your possibility to be open to others. David Soul At school, I always wanted to belong to a gang, and no one would have me. So I'd have make my own gang, but with everybody else's leftovers. Kristin Scott Thomas I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at. Wilson Mizner The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession. Mark Twain My musica...

the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next happen, without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk, or a mule, or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the work. Destiny will do what it wants with you, regardless. Elizabeth Gilbert An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information. Bo Bennett Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. Laurence J. Peter Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect. Hunter S. Thompson Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him. Paul Eldridge I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means. Clarence Darrow When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before. Blaise Pascal A man is known by the company his mind keeps. Thomas Bailey Aldrich An i...

couples, there is no discrimination in law, and if civil partnerships are seen as somehow 'second class' that is a social attitude which will change and cannot, in any case, be turned around by redefining the law of marriage. John Sentamu There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man. James Cash Penney There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself. James Lee Burke For example, I tend to personally reward myself for specific acts of exceptional discipline. Robert Vaughn No hero is mortal till he dies. W. H. Auden In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things. Townsend Harris In politics, an organized minority is a political majority. Jesse Jackson If you wait, all that happens is that you get older. Mario Andretti If I were still twenty years old, I would really move to America. Theo Van Gogh

all time, into a corporation. It does not speak of 'the people' as a corporation, but as individuals. A corporation does not describe itself as 'we,' nor as 'people,' nor as 'ourselves.' Nor does a corporation, in legal language, have any 'posterity.' Lysander Spooner A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action. Jawaharlal Nehru I don't want to feel like I'm stuck doing one-stock performances. Mark Ruffalo Poor fellow, he suffers from files. Aneurin Bevan There are enough Poles in Chicago to make up one of the largest cities in Poland. Suzanne Fields Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles. Henry Ward Beecher It seems that whatever we do is somehow beyond reproach - murder, rape, drunk driving - as long as we go on a TV show and apologize. Eric Stoltz Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as bea...

to relate to my audience, I just try to do it in an honest fashion, you know, just try to be as earnest as possible and sometime it may be self-effacing. Sometimes it may be finger-pointing. Sometimes it may be beautiful, and sometime it may be ugly. Q-Tip A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action. Jason Statham You wouldn't ask Rodin to make an ugly sculpture, or me to make a film with an ugly woman. Roger Vadim I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old. Bobby Womack I really wanted to pursue music, but all those other girls are doing it and it is annoying. Alexa Vega Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another. Jalal Talabani My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive. Boris Johnson Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. Albert Schweitzer I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York. Laura ...

interested in the same kinds of things my research was about. The more I thought about it, the more intriguing it became and pretty soon I was writing a novel about a reluctant witch and a 1500-year-old vampire. Deborah Harkness Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway. Joey Adams I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them. Barry Sanders Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa. Casey Stengel Don't leave home without your sword - your intellect. Alan Moore Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours. Benjamin Franklin I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down. Mia Hamm Nobody kicks on being interrupted if it's by applause. Kin Hubbard In this way, some film schools can...

babies are ugly! You never really know until you throw it out there if it's gonna take. And that is a really scary and vulnerable place to be, so having those songs be embraced is the best feeling in the world. That's been our dream our whole lives. Hillary Scott Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator. Olivia Newton-John In the middle of my third Hollywood picture The Magician, the earthquake hit Hollywood. Not the real earthquake. Just the talkies. Conrad Veidt I had a minor in Russian history, and this was at the time when the big Cold War was going on. Kevin J. Anderson Never ever doubt in magic. The purest honest thoughts come from children, ask any child if they believe in magic and they will tell you the truth. Scott Dixon I can't imagine living and not running. Paula Radcliffe If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better. Lou Holtz Tolerance i...

in a Pakistani village watching somebody in a car drive by, or you're in the city of Lahore going to a restaurant and seeing somebody with a security entourage coming in... you're exposed to people with more. Mohsin Hamid Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us. Jean de la Bruyere If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that. Dean Koontz I never took any vocal training. Marvin Hamlisch It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward a few tiny steps, or else... begin to march us steadily backward. Patrick Stewart Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find out that it isn't. Robert Wyatt I agree with you about the music of today. It lacks style and emotion. Vinnie Vincent The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. Henry L. Stimson There is a healthful hardin...

retail stores where there were no 3-D glasses at all and the 3-D images were all blurred. People were coming in and saying, 'I don't want to buy that.' There's a lot of marketing connected to introducing technologies and especially introducing new experiences. Howard Stringer Now listen lads, I'm not happy with our tackling. We're hurting them but they keep getting up. John B. Keane All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've been doing all my life. Count Basie Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve. Robert Burns My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7. David Beckham The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself. Saul Alinsky She bit my bodyguard. She bit him in the stomach. David Gest Listening to a news broadcast is like smoking a cigarett...

in solar and wind power, bashed energy-efficiency standards, attacked state moves to promote renewable energy and championed laws that would enshrine taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuels while stripping them from wind and solar. Jeff Goodell 'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics. E. T. Bell Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver. John M. McHugh All thing I thought I knew; but now confess, the more I know I know, I know the less. John Owen Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly. Saint Francis de Sales When your IQ rises to 28, sell. Irwin Corey An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other. Norma Shearer Are you to give up the fight and let this vast body of our wealth go to ruin? I do not believe it. Richard Parks...

since continued to collect music. As you know, vinyl records can be very heavy, so every time I have to move into a new house, I need to build a complete new wall of shelves to put all these records, which is a nightmare for the architect. Frida Giannini I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge. Dave Matthews Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. Jane Austen Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours. James A. Baldwin First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you. Pat Roberts If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. James Herriot Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics. Carl Jung Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible. Anthony Hope Each ...

for verses and choruses. We get to lyrics sometimes second, so we'll start humming a melody, finding something, and see where the music takes you as far as lyrics are and what you want to say and go from there. Dave Haywood Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds. James M. Barrie If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him. Benjamin Franklin My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way. Donald McKay Failure is a word that I simply don't accept. John H. Johnson The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction. Abu Bakr It's funny when someone says to you 'you're hot' and all that, because I don't think of it in that way. Kate Winslet It's not what you play but what you leave out that makes the difference. John Barrow We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season. Jason Alexander