away is that the opposite of happiness isn't unhappiness or even depression, it's anxiety. It is something that can constantly block our happiness, or our chance to reach that sort of meditative state in our work or our home lives. Ariel Gore The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it. Walt Whitman The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can catch a surprising moment. Annette Bening Life is funny and it is interesting how we make it as serious as possible. Elisha Cuthbert Purple lipstick? Naw, that looks stupid on all girls! ASAP Rocky I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries. Bjarne Stroustrup Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed. Jim Wallis Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called us...

Helen Stop Smoking' was a satire on the ill effects of cigarette smoking. My friend Vicki Haugabrook played as Helen and I directed the show. At the time, my brother Vince was leading the campaign to get our grandmother to quit. T'Keyah Crystal Keymah When public figures think they can open a business even though they've got no business experience, it's a bad idea. Moby It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never bores me, and he doesn't... not only bore me, that's too strong a word. Peter Shaffer I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real. William H. Macy This is just not the Democratic Party we used to know. Artur Davis The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity. Arthur Schopenhauer There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively. Wayne Dyer I don't know why I started writing. I don't ...

of some kind: iPod, movie, TV, video. And a lot of it is good, but a lot of it's not. And so I think you've got that five hours a day of media coming into your kid's head that's creating a lot of havoc out there. Sean Covey Everybody needs one essential friend. William Glasser What happens is that people who are very religious but who are not in touch with reality, cannot be spiritual. Keith Miller I love it if a man makes an effort to get to know my parents and sisters. Getting to know the people who matter to me goes a long way. Summer Glau Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist. Ben E. King The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need. Jonathan Franzen I am no longer married, so ladies... there you go. Tre Cool When we first began and I was 14, my influences were the stuff that was ...

as the best summer ever. The best way to document said 'best summer ever' is with a good ol' disposable camera. Smile, click, move on! Nobody gets pic approval, and there's no time wasted gathering around the camera to analyze a moment that just happened. Candice Accola People follow proven formulas in any business. Phoebe Cates I also paint and enjoy acrylic medium; some of my close friends have paintings I did for them. Kiana Tom The root of this possibility of doing good - that we all have - is in creation. Pope Francis Money does not motivate me as long as I can provide for my children. Steve Waugh My father resented that I was paid so much more than he was. David Holt The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. Josh Billings No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart. John Ruskin This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There ...

You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don't argue when a women tells you she's only making 80 cents to your dollar. It's the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles. Scott Adams If God thinks proportionality is fair who are we to say that it is unfair? Ben Carson We seem okay with violence, but nudity we race to criticize and censor. Eva Mendes Africa suffered under European dominance for centuries. Jacob Zuma You know, Jesse Jackson is just trying to stir up a hornet's nest. Kenneth Blackwell A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions. Christopher Lasch Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner. Hugh Blair To describe happiness is to diminish it. Stendhal If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through lif...

charity experiments with a $5 million fundraising event that fails, we call in the attorneys. So charities are petrified of trying bold new revenue-generating endeavors and can't develop the powerful learning curves the for-profit sector can. Dan Pallotta The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised. Trevor McDonald I wish people would take more care of the countryside. Kevin Whately I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays. It was my first political trick. Roger Stone The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. Ronald Reagan Do you know that other than my father, I've never had a man take care of me? Dionne Warwick I'd like to do more family dramas. Aaron Eckhart The real political life in Russia unfortunately...

is the very best work of art you can create at that point in your life - a book that may only reach or move a few people but will seem to those people somehow transformative. That's the ideal; that's always the motivation. Claire Messud A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present. Moses Mendelssohn I am in awe of women who have full family lives and seem to work round the clock in the 24/7 news cycle. Jill Abramson If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it. David Horowitz I am opposed to war, to killing people, to any kind of hatred and violence. John Boyne The arrival of any child brings you a lot of happiness. Seal They can't censor the gleam in my eye. Charles Laughton It was a job, and I was just doing my job. Johnny Ramone Society is not a disease, it...

a student space organization. I made posters for a group I called Students for the Exploration and Development of Space and put them up all over campus. Thirty-five people showed up. It was the first thing I ever organized, and it took off! Peter Diamandis We have had a great depression in agriculture, caused mainly by several seasons of bad harvests, and some of our traders have suffered much from a too rapid extension in prosperous years. John Bright I was raised Catholic. Tom Shadyac I am a relatively new Member to this Chamber, and it is troublesome to me and I can tell Members it is getting very troublesome to my constituents when they hear this repeated consistent drum beat of a corruption of the democratic process. Jay Inslee I never thought I was a great mom. I always worked. I fell in love with my children as they got older. Marla Gibbs My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those pounds,...

of debt reduction. I think most people would argue that probably more needs to be done on that front, and they've just begun to take the first steps to accepting that there's going to have to be much closer economic integration in Europe. Vince Cable You know, we've got to this place, where you go to a movie for one particular surgical fix. So, it's like, I want the pulse-pounding action, or the insane falling-off-my-seat comedy, or the devastating, heart-breaking drama. J. J. Abrams I own things I like, but nothing inanimate that I treasure in a deeply consuming way. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Oftentimes, even as a little kid, I would get up before anyone else. My brother would still be sleeping, my mom would still be sleeping, so I would literally play 'Monopoly' by myself. I would play board games; I would do things by myself. Will Ferrell What was interesting was talking to older gay men about what it was like being gay in the Eighties. Dan Steven...

societal changes. But what he doesn't realize is that legalizing gay marriage is like electing a black president. Before you do it, it seems inconceivable. Once it's done, you can't remember what all the fuss was about. Maureen Dowd I am married to work. Alexander McQueen But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity. Johnny Mathis Congress has an obligation to protect our country's natural beauty, embodied in our nation's parks, rivers, and breathtaking landscapes. Dave Reichert I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent. Leslie Nielsen The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech. Anthony Kennedy Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield I saw a bank that said '24 Hour Banking', but I don...

John Lennon?' Every time a new rapper comes out, it's not, 'Are you the new Dre?' I am never sure why this sort of genre, the categorization is so strong. I have not earned the right to be called the young Sinatra, but give me time. Michael Buble In the end, a small section of the crowd, maybe 2,000 to 3,000, turned against me. And that was it. Inside the club they know your best intentions, but the minority shout louder than the rest. Bryan Robson All of us are living with dogmas that we accept as truths. When one of these is overturned, there's an initial gasp, soon followed by a rush of exhilaration. Deepak Chopra Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing. J. J. Abrams Right now, too many women who reach retirement age find themselves widowed or single, relying on their Social Security check for over half of their income. Judy Biggert The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean. John M. Fo...

went through, to be two months without going into a house, under the snow in trenches. And no food to get, maybe a biscuit in the day. And there was enough food there, he said, to feed all Ireland; but bad management, they could not get it. Lady Gregory A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time. Carolyn Wells I do like my hair being pulled from time to time, it's like a pair of reins, innit? Katie Price What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins. Gene Fowler Star Wars, the original movie, was all the various old genre of pictures: the swashbucklers, the war movies, all those things were put n there in a different look. Bruce Boxleitner The Madden Curse has really taken on a life of its own. People just love talking about it, and it is what it is, but I look at it as a challenge. Drew Brees Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder. Lew Wallace Everyone rises to their level of incompetence. Laurence...

me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men. Wangari Maathai We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease. Sargent Shriver Elections are a competition with only one winner. Giving more money to the opponent every time one speaks on behalf of a favored candidate discourages the speech that triggers the matching funds. Bradley A. Smith My dad always said I was hard-headed, that it would take something like that to wake me up spiritually, and I guess it did. My heart had gotten so beat up that I didn't have anything left to give. Scott Stapp Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet. Cameron Bright Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book. R. L. Stine He who is not everyday conquering some fear has no...

be important in order to be a part of global dialog, global business, and global creativity. People who know how to negotiate collective intelligence networks are going to be in a good position to contribute to global society. Jane McGonigal One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals. Rutherford B. Hayes I want it all. Fame, fortune and all the commercials there are to do. Evelyn Ashford I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things? Philip Zimbardo I am a liberal and always have been - just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be. George McGovern If you think about it, I've never held a job in my life. I went from being an NFL player to a coach to a broadcaster. I haven't worked a day in my life. John Madden And all people live...

your weight and maintaining healthy hearts, lungs, and other bodily systems. But did you know that exercise can make you more productive? The latest research shows that a regular exercise routine can make you happier, smarter, and more energetic. Robert Pozen I might do a solo album, maybe do covers, or do an acoustic thing. No Sex Pistols tours, nothing! Steve Jones I'm so lucky that 'The Vampire Diaries' happened. I'm so lucky that Warner Bros. pays me money. You have no idea. I should be on a fishing boat with my dad. Kevin Williamson Any person who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved, has already defined his own limitations. Cavett Robert I believe that bringing a life into this world is the single most important thing a person can undertake, and it can also be the most challenging. I think as mothers we are all just trying our best. Gisele Bundchen To really be tortured by a song, it needs to be more than just something you don't l...

technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it. Edgar Bronfman, Jr. There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts. Gail Simmons For three years, the 'Meistersinger' score was a ball and chain to me. It went with me to every city and concert hall. Bryn Terfel If you got a name like Barack Obama, you're supposed to fight. Sinbad Be prepared and be honest. John Wooden Eudora Welty's 'A Curtain of Green' had an enormous effect on me. But my early attempts to graft stories from the Deep South onto North of England provincialism were not successful. All were rejected. Barry Unsworth People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone. Chuck Palahniuk Faith begins where Reason ...

While it can be a family - that environment is actually a family - in the sense that also you sometimes hate each other, you can't stand being around each other and grudges are held... I was getting cranky on 'Criminal Minds.' Paget Brewster You've got to have a young element in a show. Any project needs youth and dynamism as well old codgerdom and experience. Tim Rice It's financially advantageous to make a picture in Berlin, Germany. They have a very effective rebate system. Joel Silver I think, with the gay liberation movement has had need for heroes and heroines, and it would be rather nice to have Abraham Lincoln as your poster boy, wouldn't it? David Herbert Donald I think Red Sox fans have always been good to me; they've treated me well. Bill Buckner Women think that men don't talk about their feelings with guys. We do talk to friends about relationships, but it's succinct - 10 minutes, then we move on. Chris Pine We as Ameri...

as a musician. I did my first recording on my own and it was available at concerts. The second to seventh were released on small and then large labels. My eighth to 14th were done under my own steam once again, but with the benefit of the Internet. Jane Siberry I think after overcoming breast cancer, you sort of become fearless and somehow going up to your boss to talk about a possible promotion doesn't seem like such a daunting task anymore. Hoda Kotb Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number. Anna Quindlen I refrain from lots of things I love, like cheese and carbs. I eat plenty of greens every day, my favorite being watercress. Chloe Sevigny What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress. Serge Lang I was putting myself under enormous pressure t...

then I immediately have to watch it again. AMC will play it back-to-back. I have a tendency to yell at it when my wife's not around because if she catches me yelling at 'Mad Men,' then it gets weird. Michael Weatherly Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing. John Webster That co-operation and peace rather than industrial strife and strikes will best promote the prosperity of the employees the company and all of the people and even strengthen the nation. Charles E. Wilson It's really beautiful. But you know, fancy footwear is a pain! Sarah Michelle Gellar Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house. Georg Brandes Since most of the transmission is sexual transmission, you have a regional or local response to the virus. Luc Montagnier There are lighter colors of granite and I like to break the rules. Douglas Wilson My biggest fear in life is to be forgotten. ...

her silent darkness, every fragrant flower, every ray of the warm sun, every taste that touched her tongue told her that there was a God who created all things. Jodie Foster shouldn't therefore be surprised that people are surprised that she's an atheist. Ray Comfort Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism. Christian Lous Lange The only people who like to live alone more than comics are priests. Colin Quinn Partnerships are good engines for narrative. Tommy Lee Jones At EMILY's List, we're in the business of expanding the political power of women. Ellen Malcolm I'm pretty much a self-taught player. My swing hasn't changed a whole lot, I don't think. But I watch a lot of people. Fred Couples It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition. Vernon Howard We increase whatever we praise. The whole creati...

fell down the Google search results, overtaken by copycat stories with simpler headlines. Deadspin's headline was 118 characters. Vital information - 'hoax' - was one of the words that was cut off. Nick Denton I want to own an NFL franchise. I understand the business of football. Jon Bon Jovi One of the reasons I wanted to do a show about Nashville in Nashville was because when I lived here, the hardest thing to go out and hear was country music. Country was taking place inside the studio and it was an export. Callie Khouri People make me feel like I have a problem because I haven't had a kid yet. Khloe Kardashian I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up. Edward Norton Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it. Anton Chekhov I'm obsessed with cooking shows, even though they make everything look so easy when it isn't. Joely...

lot. We never went to synagogue. I never had a Bar Mitzvah. We didn't keep kosher or observe the Sabbath. In fact, I'm not so sure I would have known what the Sabbath looked like if it passed me on the street, so how could I observe it? Gilbert Gottfried I don't think actors should have to do anything but come in and act. Billy Crudup And I remember that the editors wanted to have a witness to say that this was really the case, because it was a very sharp picture of the just the face, the head of the fetus inside the womb. Lennart Nilsson I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed some distortions up close, but since then I wouldn't say that my personal experience has remained an important motive for my writing about media. Todd Gitlin Travel gives me the opportunity to walk through the sectors of cities where one can clearly see the passage of time. Jerzy Kosinski I'm lucky to attribute my success to the foundat...

change it can, and the limits and vulnerabilities of that change without real-time political mobilization deployed globally to protect those who venture out, especially in closed societies, into the heady new vistas it offers. Naomi Wolf I was born with six fingers on each hand. Gemma Arterton I'm not the type of player to sit home and practice scales and work on runs. Dave Navarro I love to cook and I've cooked a lot of Bulgarian food over the years. Elizabeth Kostova You have safety and soundness as primary purpose of the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the other agencies which control banking regulation. Judd Gregg When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman. Jean de la Bruyere I must have some sort of record in failing to get into the charts. Frida Lyngstad When the business starts shaping the art, or the delivery of the art,...

With pinball you at least start with that basic concept, but not with video. The challenge of going from no game to something today is only different because you have to create something so damn fun people will pay $1.00 every two minutes to play it. Eugene Jarvis Music is a vital part of my life, and it has been since I was a kid. It helped me find my identity as a person, it helped me find my identity as an artist, and it helped me get in touch with emotions that I didn't know I had. Stephen Chbosky I'm not opposed to comics on the Internet. It's just not interesting to me. Daniel Clowes Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you're reacting, not acting. I'd rather shape the culture. Rick Warren Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Hillary Clinton I wanted to help raise awareness, so I created an environmental foundation called Just Within Reach. Kevin Richardson A phys...

be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the 'Eventocracy.' All this flashy 'art-fair art' and those highly produced space-eating spectacles and installations wow you for a minute until you move on to the next adrenaline event. Jerry Saltz I listen to Christian music. Mariano Rivera America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized and financially indebted. Ivan Krastev Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing. Hilaire Belloc Dubstep has everything for me. Rhythm, sound design, heartfelt emotion - all in one place. James Blake Americans have always evinced some distrust of government, but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented. Eric Alterman My main interest, however, was in economics, not law. Merton Miller An answer is always a form of death. John Fowles Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame. Thomas a Kempis

me in a car or a bus, I'll look out the window and say, 'OK, there's the Tower of London, there's Buckingham Palace, there's Big Ben,' and if it all takes about five minutes, perfect. I've seen all of it and I can go home. Gilbert Gottfried Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free. Mike Figgis It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work. Irrfan Khan Ultimately, if I'm really moved by something, it's going to go on the record and that's that. Duncan Sheik And, as soon as I could put together the, you know, three or four notes that made up, like, sort of a rock and roll lick, you know, like a Chuck Berry kind of thing, I was off and running. Just completely taken over. Slash If we compare the two, Facebook is currently a superior place to market a product like Slide. Twitter is more like a general distribution agent. It's like broadcast r...

see, I'm a numbers guy, that's my attitude. I know we have a debt tsunami coming, we are bankrupting this country and I'm in a position where I can actually advance ideas to prevent that from happening. That's exactly what I should be doing. Paul Ryan Some things tend not to work so well for science - things that rely on substantial written contributions by key experts are a case in point - but even there I tend to keep an open mind, because it may just be a case of finding the right formula. Aubrey de Grey Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them. Rachel Roy I want to have lots of bodyguards around me and be surrounded by beautiful women while watching my brother play at Wimbledon. Alex Pettyfer I consider myself a very lucky man indeed. Eric Stoltz For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled. Hunter S. Thompson The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women. ...

and hate, a touch of glamour, or even of reliable, soulless efficiency? I suspect future historians will puzzle over our failure. But by then, of course, we shall be in the age of mass space travel, with its fresh and unimaginable crop of horrors. Paul Johnson One of the things I learned in 'Slavs!' is that it's much easier to talk about being gay than it is to talk about being a socialist. People are afraid of socialism, and plays that deal with economics are scarier to them. Tony Kushner It was acting, and WWE is the longest-running weekly episodic program in television. Sure, there are story lines that are better than others. Linda McMahon For me, L.A. was, and is, a very creative place to be. Joe Perry So we're going to do a Battlestar Galactica themed bike and bring another one of the bikes. Noah Hathaway To give the best of the day to your work is most important. John le Carre I'm not a gambling-man. I have never bet a dollar in all my life. ...

and failings. If the demands on Greece aren't taken seriously, we'll get stuck in quicksand. In the worst case, this would make it acceptable for one tranche to not be paid out. It is in the Greeks own interest not to test that. Peer Steinbruck Technology has come a long way since PayPal. Max Levchin Apollo Records signed me for my gospel ability. Solomon Burke I was a 10 million-plus selling artist. Toni Braxton Cats are anthropomorphised in art because they are so laid back that you automatically attribute human thoughts and feelings to them. Jim Davis To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer. Paul Thomas Anderson A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view. Sophia Loren Age, like distance lends a double charm. Oliver Herford Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. Charles Richards

mercy of judges who tend to side with the husbands. The only circumstance that a woman can ask for a divorce or a 'khali' is when her husband is in total agreement with her or if she comes from a very powerful family who decide to back her up. Basmah bint Saud I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment. Gail Devers I have never had too much trouble for creative ideas to spring up in my mind. Wilbur Smith A cricket ball broke my nose when I was a kid so I couldn't breath through it. Before I had it operated on I used to stand on stage with my mouth slightly open. Damian Lewis The global economy is spluttering back into life. The Tories would have left it to choke to death. Alistair Darling We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked ...

societal terrors posed by globalization, the most thoroughgoing socioeconomic upheaval since the Industrial Revolution, which has set off a pandemic of retrogressive nationalism, regional separatism, and religious extremism. Martin Filler I just like easy clothes - comfort. Tory Burch We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice. Jean-Pierre Raffarin Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention. Michael Landon Democracy isn't just for people in the Middle East, but Britons, too. Heather Brooke I don't have any hidden talents but if you dare me to do something I'll go after it big time. Izabel Goulart I like the aesthetics of the Church. Andres Serrano It can even be a single note which defines the entire song. Leon Redbone Very few of my books are about who stole the Maltese Falcon. Robert B. Parker

really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we'll fail, and sometimes we'll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you'll find support. Brene Brown But the system of prices ruling the market not only transmits information in the light of which economic agents can mutually adjust their actions, it also provides them with an incentive to exercise economy in terms of money. Michael Polanyi The offender never pardons. George Herbert The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape. Bill Bruford Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business. Jeff Bridges To spend this particular year reading essays to Dennis Robertson as one's supervisor, and, simultaneously, enjoying membership of the group round Keynes was indeed an intellectual treat. James Meade Too bad that all the people wh...

career was going to move beyond a certain level of role. And I was - because I had graphic instances of it - handicapped by the success of Star Trek. A director would say, 'I don't want Jean-Luc Picard in my movie' - and this was compounded by X-Men as well. Patrick Stewart Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept; we don't know if it even exists. Clifford D. Simak There aren't a lot of films about adolescents or quote-unquote coming-of-age films that are realistic nowadays. Shailene Woodley Gary Cooper was a good friend. He was a great nature lover. He was like an American Indian, he knew every leaf that was turned over. It was an education to go for a walk with him. Richard Widmark A golf course is nothing but a pool room moved outdoors. Frank Butler Children do not give up their innate imagination, curiosity, dreaminess easily. You have to love them to get them to do that. R. D. Laing If our life is unhappy it is painf...

athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding. Jason Lee The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind. F. H. Bradley I just think we shouldn't get into counting coaches' records. I've never been for that... but I know that's just American society. Dean Smith Implants were something I thought I wanted when I was younger, and now I don't. It was hard being active with them, because my chest was always sore. It hurt a lot, and I didn't like always being in pain, so they had to go! Heather Morris Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers. H. L. Mencken I've been with certain stars; some are caring and pay attention to their fans and to their fellow performers and some are too busy. Elvis never seemed too busy. ...

you to say the right line, at the right time, and to not be able to hear your cues! I can't tell you how many times I would've had to have said What? if I didn't have my hearing aids. So my hearing aids are a life saver, and they allow me to practice my craft. Leslie Nielsen Only he shakes the heavens and from its treasures takes our the winds. He joins the waters and the clouds and produces the rain. He does all those things. Only he realizes miracles permanently. Michael Servetus I think it's possible to have been a happy child, as I was, and still question and push back with regard to societal conventions. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Honey isn't really that good for you. Erykah Badu Playing live, you can't survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night. It was very exhausting. Gavin Rossdale When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, 'The Maroon Wave,' and that's ...

organization, PSI, and sometimes the disconnect I see is truly striking: people can get cold Coca Cola, but far too infrequently malaria drugs; most own mobile phones, but don't have equal access to pre-natal care. Mandy Moore When you're shopping you forget about eating! Jennifer Hudson Well, the chairman of Federal Reserve just made his move to rescue Barack Obama. We're gonna have QE3. We're gonna print some more money. Rush Limbaugh I'm not interested in constructive criticism, believe me. Buzz Osborne Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it. Samuel Butler I directed a piece of theater in Italy. We took nine fables from the town and we created a play. Vincent Schiavelli Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been much of a theorist. John Eaton Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity. Carl von Clausewitz Baseball's future? Bigg...

great soul and rhythm and blues music, which definitely influenced the way I sing. But singing gospel has made me a much more humble person. There are so many people who were geniuses who only a few people knew about when they were alive. Patty Griffin I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars. Jacqueline Cochran A lot of acting techniques are very self-oriented. Anna Deavere Smith To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth. Nawal El Saadawi I was a dummy in school. Alan Ladd I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things. Shania Twain We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie. Brent Scowcroft Terrorism as a force is gone. As individuals they are all around and we will continue to look for them. Hamid Karzai Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, ...

both so naturalistic in the performances. It feels like people you could be hanging out with right now in this room, yet they're on a spaceship or killing ghosts. But the way they talk is never heightened or otherwordly. Akiva Schaffer No, I'm not gay. Eric Stonestreet I wasn't with Joseph, but I believe him. My faith did not come to me through science, and I will not permit so-called science to destroy it. Thomas S. Monson And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth. Lynn Swann When I go into a pitch room and I'm pitching something with a writing partner, everybody tends to look at the guy, even if I'm doing a lot of the talking. Brit Marling When I was younger, I thought of myself as a Nixon Republican because he was the anti-Communist. Grover Norquist Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong. Thomas Carlyle The greatest enemy of progress ...

growing middle class, and in the last quarter of the twentieth century Botswana's gross domestic product per capita grew faster than that of any other country on the planet. The once-labeled 'Third World' is edging its way into the 'First World.' Peter Blair Henry Paris Hilton, it turns out, is related to fellow celebrity jailbirds Zsa Zsa Gabor and G. Gordon Liddy. Steven Pinker Loneliness is the ultimate poverty. Pauline Phillips In life, we all learn from everyone. Nicolas Roeg I'm not a romantic. Jack Kevorkian I've changed for the better. I'm much more selfless and humble and you're reminded about what life's really about. You love your kid so much that you just want to be a brilliant role model for them. It cleans up your act a bit. Curtis Stone I like being near the top of a mountain. One can't get lost here. Wislawa Szymborska My mother always said don't marry for money, divorce for money. Wendy Liebman Wha...

I see one with dragons, I want there to be dragons inside the book. Proper labeling. Ethical labeling. I don't want to open up my cornflakes and find that they're full of pebbles... You need to respect the reader enough not to call it something it isn't. Margaret Atwood But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people who can work, people who are able to work, and people who choose not to work: you cannot go on claiming welfare like you are now. David Cameron The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ. Oswald Chambers No one will deny that the excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic beverages would do more than any other single factor to make impossible a total war effort. William Lyon Mackenzie King That's what unions do. They can get money, they can get support, they can get manpower. James P. Hoffa There is something in even the darkest situations that we can make a positive in our lives. Deborah ...

question to answer, especially at a company with a portfolio approach: If you could only do one thing, what would it be? And you can't rationalize the answer, and you can't attach the one thing to some other things. It's just the one thing. Jeff Weiner A notion for a story is for me a confluence of real events, historical perhaps, or from my own memory to create an exciting fusion. Michael Morpurgo I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that. Randy Houser The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world. Leonard Cohen I think there is always going to be inspired music and there are always going to be inspired listeners and there is always going to be an inspired method of getting it from A to B. Anthony Kiedis I think there's a future where the Web and print coexist and they each do things uniquely and complement each other, and we have what could be the ultimate and best-yet ...

thinking about next week. You're not thinking, 'I'm going to be broke,' or 'I'm going to need another job.' But I'll tell you, there are a lot of broke athletes out there - I know plenty - and I didn't want to end up as one. Michael Strahan My first real break was when my college sketch troupe, The State, was asked to contribute pieces for a new MTV show called 'You Wrote It, You Watch It.' Michael Ian Black The submission of her body without love or desire is degrading to the woman's finer sensibility, all the marriage certificates on earth to the contrary notwithstanding. Margaret Sanger I can cook a little bit but pretty much when I get back from practice I am pretty tired that I just order out. Andrew Bogut Men are actually the weaker sex. George Weinberg I've never been in love with fashion, actually; trends and catwalks don't interest me. I love clothes; I love them historically and currently. They represent a...

anything about it. But because of marketing, it's impossible. Marketing meaning that in order to get people to come you can't just go, 'Hey, there's a great movie - we're not going to show you anything from it but trust us!' Paul Feig We tend to put poems into factions. And it restricts our reading. Thom Gunn People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes. The problem is that taxes aren't used efficiently. Mian Muhammad Mansha Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. Ambrose Bierce It was despairing to find out that I am mortal. Magnus Magnusson I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible. Boyd Rice I don't agree with everything Madonna's done but she is fearless. Cathy Freeman When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will indu...

like, 'Okay I don't know you, I have no idea who you are.' I am auntie and cousin for so many and even the ones in prison call me collect. And I'll be like, 'Which of my family members are giving you this phone number?' Sherri Shepherd One problem was that my direct testimony was in writing, so a lot of people didn't get to see it. I hope they see it, because I think it built a very strong case. Jim Barksdale Ladies and gentlemen, I take office at a time in which the world is living in extreme contradictions. Gustav Heinemann As a child, I watched 'Dallas' and that was my vision for my life for as long as I could remember. Will Smith I can inspire people on how to use money, how to get economically powerful. Mike Tyson Everyone across America is tightening their belts. The only place it hasn't happened is D.C. Ben Quayle Positive anything is better than negative nothing. Elbert Hubbard The little windflower, whose just opened...

I think it's really great to see that there are new artists coming through. It's kinda funny to think that I'm like the old man on campus now. But I'm really happy for groups like One Direction. I think they're really good guys. Joe Jonas This is who I am. I'm not perfect. I don't want to try to be perfect. Michael Strahan Americans are so dedicated to their jobs. Jamelia Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once. Marilyn vos Savant Rude interviewers are ten a penny, and politicians have long since learned how to cope. Andrew Marr I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself. Dolly Parton We're a rock group. we're noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird. Angus Young In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. George Eliot Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear. George ...

to be painful, but I've seen quite a few deaths, and, with one exception, I've never known anyone to undergo anything like agony. That's amazing when you think about it. I mean, how complicated the mechanism is that's being taken apart. Lewis Thomas Traveling is irritating to me, but not driving. Going to the airport makes me nervous, but when I set out to just take a leisurely drive, it's blue skies and puffy clouds and time. Edward Ruscha I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game. Adam Lambert Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune. Miguel de Cervantes People know who you are when you've never met them. For them, through interviews and seeing you perform, they feel like they know you and you've never seen them before. It's really different, but it's awesome. Stacie Orrico In Paris, I really do like to try and do nothing... but that...

- Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy - telling the world that a black son-in-law is something they can live with, and so should you, especially if he looks like Sidney Poitier and has degrees. Wesley Morris I don't want to play games with anybody, to our fans, to Pierre Lacroix, or any other NHL team that might have interest in me. Patrick Roy I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed. Florence Griffith Joyner I did that Grammys thing - I did a little freeform poem. Beck I save every Christmas card. I keep them all. Alison Sweeney I think I'd like to stay anchoring because, number one, I'm learning a lot, and I love it when I'm learning. And number two, I also have the luxury of a stable life. Linda Vester When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. S. E. Hinton It...

too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at least delay the Canada-China FIPA until it has been examined more thoroughly, and to reconsider the inclusion of investor-state arbitration mechanisms in all trade deals. David Suzuki He is a terrible planner, though. So am I. Linda McCartney Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century. Denzel Washington From the day I started to think politically and to develop my own moral values, from my earliest youth, I have been an ardent defender of Israel. Steven Spielberg I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment. Werner Herzog Don't manage - lead change before you have to. Jack Welch Anyone who thinks they're sexy needs their head checked. Jarvis Cocker I felt like if I wasn't around, maybe my shot would be gone. Young Buck Based on observations of the policies of my own gov...

didn't write the autobiographical first novel. I was so, so determined not to write about a 24-year-old journalist. It was going to have male characters, and middle-aged people, so I could say, 'Look, I'm not just writing about my life, I'm a real author.' Sophie Kinsella I was 15 when I first became deeply touched by the rhythm and structure of words. Leonard Cohen Societies raise their grandest monuments to what their cultures value most highly. As the tallest buildings in a city noted for tall buildings, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were certainly monumental. Michael Mandelbaum I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams - I'm not knocking other teams - but there's only one shortstop on the Yankees. Derek Jeter The violence in society, I'm afraid, is perpetrated by the people at the top. Rob Walton I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, o...

but I was raised in a very blue-collar family. I was raised by parents who said, 'If you don't go to work every day, you're not contributing', so that's my mentality. I have to work every day; I have to bring home a paycheck. Katee Sackhoff I've always approached spring training as I have something to prove. Jamie Moyer As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong. That's what I find with acting. As soon as it becomes padded, it becomes pat. Liev Schreiber Breaking accepted rules does bring people together. Theodore Zeldin I had a bad stutter when I was really young. I couldn't get a sentence out. Like, 'D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-ad.' And that turned into a mumble. Channing Tatum I would like to see more new productions of new material by new composers/lyricists/book writers. I would like to see people take more chances. I think because everything costs so much they're not taking the chances they used to. Harold ...

frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls. Lucy Powell I am so happy that I didn't go to school and I didn't have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the piano correctly. Yanni For many women - myself included - pregnancy brings on tremendous anxiety and confusion, along with the joy. Emily Oster It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost a near-religious experience. Emily Mortimer I always want to give my best and do the best I can. I know when I have sung my best and when I haven't. There can be stresses and hassles with time travel and press attention. I just have to adapt and find a way of dealing with it. Katherine Jenkins A great speech is literature. Peggy Noonan I'd love to be a p...

lose confidence in the people I'm working with. If I've got no confidence in what I'm doing and they don't provide me with some assurance that we're doing the right thing then I bully people. I'm a horrible bully. Kristin Scott Thomas Bad people are intriguing! Jorge Garcia Filmmaking is a real democracy - it's up to the audience to vote with their tickets. Dean Devlin The American invasion did not succeed in Vietnam, and will never succeed in Iraq. Mohammed Aldouri I'm certainly driven, I hate losing, I can be ruthless and short-tempered and terribly competitive. Alastair Campbell My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George? Barbara Bush Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television. Joan Rivers I am a great believer that what makes our show different is the humor. Treat Williams To grasp the full significance of life is the ...

the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change? Andrea Jung My songs aren't bubble gum pop dance songs and I don't have background dancers on every single song. Avril Lavigne Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens. Ville Valo I think The Big Picture was such a huge shift from my second record. Michael W. Smith I could stand in the street and sing and get enough to pay the bills. I don't need millions of dollars. Sinead O'Connor I believe that if a man wanted to walk on water, and was prepared to give up everything in life, he could do it. Stirling Moss Vesco was always on the trail in search of money. Arthur Herzog Inflation is...

tour a record,' because in my own mind, things have changed, in that I'm just an ongoing artist. I'm not quite sure what the next project needs to be until it presents himself, and then I know. I just follow dutifully while I'm being led. P. J. Harvey With the end of the cold war, all the 'isms' of the 20th century - Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the evil of apartheid-ism - have failed. Except one. Only democracy has shown itself true the help of all mankind. Jack Kemp You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous. Adriana Lima When I think about athletes, probably my favorite guest of all time among baseball players was Ted Williams. Charlie Rose I don't want to be that parent that puts my kids into what I think they should be in, you know what I mean? Chris Daughtry All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay. Jeanne Moreau You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting y...

as they get through the day. When I'm writing, I have to trick myself as a writer. If I consciously say, 'I'm writing,' I feel all this pressure and somehow it doesn't feel as real as when it doesn't seem to count as much. David O. Russell A spiritual person is also in touch with his or her own reality, feelings and thoughts, and the reality of the people around him or her, not projecting on them. Keith Miller I mean, like a lot of kids growing up in the early seventies, I was fed Dr. Kissinger with my Fruit Loops. He was the Dr. Ruth of American foreign policy, and the model statesman. Eugene Jarecki On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver. William Bartram The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without pr...

wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president; the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot. Barack Obama I have worked with some of the meanest people in the world. You can't do anything to intimidate me. Amy Adams Americans have less and less patience for the intrusive and divisive moral scolds who thrived in the bubbles of the Clinton and Bush years. Frank Rich We just put General Motors in the hands of people who can't even run our own government. Glenn Beck In the end, all Republicans want to make sure we don't increase taxes. That's where we differ with the Democrats. Tom Cole It was widespread that the politics of Tea Party people would be foreign to Ronald Reagan and they would be seen by him as frivolous and uninformed. Eugene Jarecki I'm going to move on and do other thi...

been written for a subject that is changing all the time. I think that what we should have is computer science in the future - and how it fits in to the curriculum is something we need to be talking to scientists, to experts in coding and to young people about. Michael Gove When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy. Carter Burwell I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity. Rachel Johnson You know, people always ask me how I describe my music. First of all I tell them that's their job and then that also one day I hope to have things referred to as Martha Wainwright -esque. Martha Wainwright Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States. Harri Holkeri In a p...

veil and give them the honest version of what's going on. But it's not more fun. If Obama, as he does sometimes already, gets a little snippy with me about something I've written, you're thinking, 'Oh God, the president of the United States is already annoyed with me.' Maureen Dowd 'Never look back' is my philosophy. Helen Clark Since I was younger I've been making the best out of nothing. Wiz Khalifa A car designer is really a sculptor. Chris Bangle I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this. Carl Sandburg Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from. Bernie Sanders On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends. John Gay I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me. Sara Teasdale I'm a big fan of the effects of alcohol. Peter Steele

our long-standing dependence on foreign sources of oil. All we need is the will. In fact, there's a path to follow, one that North Dakota blazed over the last decade by building a comprehensive energy plan we called Empower North Dakota. John Hoeven When I tour, I stuff fridges full of organic food and stick to that. Avril Lavigne Of course I am political. You 'ave to be don't you? Every day it is about your future, your right to that future. 'Ow can people ignore this? We 'ave to leave a good world for our children, n'est-ce pas? Emmanuelle Beart We in the media are just people with all of people's faults. Ben Stein The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like. Rachel McAdams I could always sing, from a really young age, but my voice was really weird. I used to make my mum turn up the radio every day in our house. She was well into music so I got that from her. Ellie Goulding Paul...

I'm sure I could learn a lot. I just that I feel very passionately about the work and especially when you're doing theater, you really only need one director and when you read reviews, you feel like you have twelve, because you respond to them, naturally. Andrea Riseborough I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency. Curt Schilling So the point is, I don't have a right to tell anybody what's right or wrong about their lives. Who am I to tell you at any given moment of the day what would be right for you? Robin Quivers Once the Republicans get rolling, they assume they're going to win everything. They are zealots, and zealots assume the last five percent of whatever their plan is will be taken care of by their own greatness or momentum or divinity. Keith Olbermann We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board th...

be difficult for most of the readers to ever get to. Now, in the more than 20 years I've been doing this, the concept of adventure-travel trips or expeditions by groups has sprung up. The places I went 20 years ago now have adventure-travel trips. Tim Cahill My main concern is to protect people from detriment. Jean-Claude Juncker I am quite fussy about clothes. Jay Kay I'm no interior decorator, but just I have a feeling that plastic plants in the bathroom... probably not a good idea. Kyan Douglas I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle. Vivienne Westwood Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I couldn't do it without some shoe leather. Stuart Symington I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records. Billy Sherwood Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's q...

power of this medium to organize people and they are trying to clamp down across the world, not just in places like China and North Korea; we're seeing bills in the United States, in Italy, all across the world. Sergey Brin I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful. Dan Abrams I can be not showered and dressed like a slob, but my lip gloss will be on! Dagmara Dominczyk Proponents of intelligent design don't accept that some of the very complex nanomachines that we have inside ourselves could have come about solely on the basis of natural selection. Francis Collins I'm kind of all over the place, and I need grounding. Courteney Cox I don't mind being a tourist at all, and a gawker. I just walk around. Ann Robinson Football is what keeps me going, what makes me prosper, and what will keep me straight. William Green Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we ...

was raised watching silents, and I'm always thinking about how to make cinema, not good talking - although I want good talking. I'm much more interested in framing, composition, and orchestration of bodies in space, and so forth. Alexander Payne Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father. Roger Federer American power confers benefits on most inhabitants of the planet, even on many who dislike it and some who actively oppose it, because the United States plays a major, constructive, and historically unprecedented role in the world. Michael Mandelbaum I've always been a pretty candid person. I'm not a very secretive person; I'm not a very discreet person. One of my best friends once described me as pathologically indiscreet. Andrew Sullivan I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories. Dave Barry Hollywo...

cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it doesn't change - it hasn't suddenly changed into another kind of movie. It's still a cowboy movie. And that's what's incredible about it because nobody has done that before, that's new territory. Harrison Ford I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic. James Dyson When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Maya Angelou I have motorsport in my DNA and there's no way I can stay away from that world. Maria de Villota Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast. LeBron James Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness an...

levels with regard to a topic. If you don't live near a train track, it's hard to squash a penny that way, and if you live in an apartment in New York City, it may be difficult to get to drive a car. Gever Tulley Yes - it's the same in any other work - the more you massage your thinking the more capable I believe you are of expanding how you go about things and learning. Siobhan Davies Politics is so much about serendipity that we've got to have a bigger pool of women, so that when people drop out of the process, you've got others to turn to. Eleanor Clift May peace rule the universe, may peace rule in kingdoms and empires, may peace rule in states and in the lands of the potentates, may peace rule in the house of friends and may peace also rule in the house of enemies. Virchand Gandhi Gay teenagers are four times as likely to attempt suicide as straight ones. I wish they knew that there's nothing wrong with them; that they are just a different shade...

out of trouble. My parents taught me what's wrong and right, and knowing that I had a little brother following me, I had to make sure I was doing the right thing so he knows what's right, too. I was in the house nine days out of 10. There wasn't nothing good outside for me. Russell Westbrook Everywhere I go, people know who I am. Pauly Shore I really just followed my musical instincts every step of my life. Boz Scaggs If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value. William Greider I didn't think Marilyn Monroe was beautiful. It used to worry me. I thought maybe I'm not put together like the other chaps. Christopher Hitchens All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part. Leonardo da Vinci If we want to secure the best jobs in the future, we must make America the best place in the world to do business. Jim DeMi...

the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world that moves away from unequal, unstable, unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally, nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities. William J. Clinton The discrimination is not made openly, but a Negro who goes to such places is informed that there are no accommodations, or he is overlooked and otherwise slighted, so that he does not come again. Ray Stannard Baker The universities deceive when they say they have no agenda other than to open minds. Dennis Prager One of the main pitfalls of any theoretically 'niche' show is that you spend too much time on the 'niche' and not enough time on the 'show.' Brad Falchuk I actually signed on to do 'On the Road' before we started on 'Tron,' but we were in flux for a while, just sort of playing the waiting game, trying to get the right budget and the right cast. Garrett Hedlund You d...

happier than I've ever been. My family gives me more joy than I thought possible, and my career fulfills me tremendously. All in all, I feel like am in the exact place I am supposed to be in, doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing. Ali Landry They showed this one beautiful picture of me recently and they had all the things that I had done. I thought it was a great compliment for everybody to think I've had plastic surgery. Cybill Shepherd Self-preservation is an important thing to me. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. The truth is everybody does it from time to time. People dial telephone numbers and they get a wrong number only to find that they've read the last two digits backwards. Everybody does it, but dyslexics have this tendency to a higher degree. Caitlyn Jenner I'm a reclusive weirdo. Kat Dennings A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal. Howard Barker Remember that I wrote a pavane for a dead princess, and not a dead pavane for a prin...

in America. And not only are the engines in here made in America, but engines are made in America and are exported. The glass on this phone is made in Kentucky. And so we've been working for years on doing more and more in the United States. Tim Cook It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others. Dietrich Bonhoeffer I'm famous. That's my job. Jerry Rubin Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems. Robert Morgan What people need to know is that asthma isn't a minor 'wheeze-disease.' It kills over five thousand people in America every year, and I could've been one of them. Jackie Joyner-Kersee I've been a lucky man. I've only faced one real tragedy: the death of my wife, Maggie, from cancer in 1995. Charles Jencks You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over. Chuck Hagel I'm playing dark history...

it as, 'I'll do the best work that I can', and if the fans and people respond then I'm always really flattered and honored, and if they don't then I'll try and do something next time that they like better. But I have no idea what makes a hit show, I really don't. Poppy Montgomery I have quite a foul mouth. Zosia Mamet Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul. Johannes Tauler I am black or white, I'll never be grey in my life. Diego Maradona The color of somebody's skin or the way he wears his hair or clothes has nothing to do with anything. Judge Mills Lane When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph. Pierre Corneille I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet. Peter Benchley Because we should always respect other nationalities, I have always tried to play them with dignity. Ricardo Montalban It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with e...

animals in the ocean feed all the time. I'm someone who procrastinates, worries, for most of a month, and then I'll have a flurry of manic productivity with a sense of great urgency and fear for, like, two days. Jonathan Ames If you take risks and face your fate with dignity, there is nothing you can do that makes you small; if you don't take risks, there is nothing you can do that makes you grand, nothing. Nassim Nicholas Taleb I think saying you're bad at something is rather wonderful because then it doesn't matter anymore. Rupert Friend It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive. Earl Warren I am a sucker for romance and I love girls and that is a terrible combination, because romance has the ability to overwhelm your perspective. Joshua Harris I guess I have to prove myself all over again, even if it's to the world. I don't have a problem doing that. Tionne Watkins Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil. Branch R...

arms and given the opportunity to pursue my dreams. God has been very kind to us. My family and I are fortunate enough to be successful and we feel a tremendous responsibility and obligation to give back to our great country. Naveen Jain I like to move forward and notice things along the roadside that indicate where I should go. Josh Homme We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle. Eric Cantona I can't speak for all women, but I do think that... I mean, me and my girlfriends, we definitely... we're in crisis on a continuous basis...or at least monthly, for sure, I don't know. Helen Slater I left school at 16 but I wish I'd gone to university - I think I would have studied English literature. I had a knack for that. But I don't think you have the kind of wisdom at 16 to make that decision. Brendan Coyle The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. Simone We...

sisters and brothers to look at me and say, 'I'm going to go write that novel I thought it was too late to do. I'm going to go work in Africa on that farm that those people need help at. I'm going to adopt a child. It's not too late, I can still live my dreams.' Diana Nyad I like to pick my own vegetables. Shelley Duvall Anybody that'll stand up to The Cline is all right. Patsy Cline The consequences of decisions don't just affect spreadsheets... They affect, in fundamental ways, the lives of people and they often mean the difference between life and death. Phil Bredesen Love or not, I wouldn't subject a wife to the road. It's punishment. Billy Strayhorn The only message that terrorists need to get is that they're going to be beaten. Jose Maria Aznar Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior. Carl von Clausewitz At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and ...

in 1993 I moved to L.A. and auditioned and did very well there. My first gig was playing a skinhead in John Singleton's 'Higher Learning', and I played Glenn Close's son in a TV movie called 'Serving In Silence.' Trevor St. John I find it hard to talk and say things, but I can always sing about them. Randy Houser I never wanted to lose out on an acting job and wonder if I hadn't been trained enough. David Alan Grier Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at. Maggie Grace I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I wish that I spoke more languages than I do. Sebastian Arcelus The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine. Paul Cezanne Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself. Julia ...

Women don't negotiate because it doesn't work as well for them. Women have to say, 'I really add a lot of value, and it's in your interest to pay me more.' I hate that advice, but I want to see women get ahead. Sheryl Sandberg Because economics is all about optimising, doing the best you can with what you have - it's usually the first place you should look for answers if you want to maximise your happiness. Emily Oster But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did. Damon Wayans I juggle a lot of different balls and sometimes I don't know how I manage to keep them all up in the air, but I do! Kimberly Caldwell There is much, of course, in the exclusive claims of Christianity which make it hostile to other faiths. Annie Besant Physiological psychology is, therefore, first of all psychology. Wilhelm Wundt So be it. God created profoundly fallible creatures on this earth, and human history is mostly the story o...