proportions right. My still life sketches were the artistic equivalent of someone who has misjudged the space constraints of a postcard, the handwriting shrinking uncomfortably at the bottom. Sloane Crosley I made a few records here and there by default, but I wasn't ever comfortable in that role. I wasn't comfortable on stage. We'll see how it goes this time. T Bone Burnett A lot of times, actors give so much power to the producers and the producing companies because, quite frankly, they have it. But we don't take the limited power that we have, which the power you initially have is to say 'no.' But 'no' in a positive way. Michael Cudlitz The lonely become either thoughtful or empty. Mason Cooley The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party. Goldwin Smith Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. Rabbi Hil

I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here. Liza Minnelli The discovery of various phenomena has led to a recognition of the fact that the chemical atom is an individual which again is itself made up of several units into a selfcontained whole. Johannes Stark No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything. Zane Grey I'm not going to sit here and bash the manager, we have to regroup. David Wells The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge. Arnold Palmer I'm like a ship captain: I have a woman in every port. Henrique Capriles Radonski I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies. Denzel Washington Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures. Cesar Chavez A party full of &

year to year all the time. It's constantly evolving and changing and that keeps me on my toes but certainly adds to the challenge. Alan Thicke Well, marriage is a very important part of our culture and our society. If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal. Karl Rove The more angels we have in Silicon Valley, the better. We are funding innovation. We are funding the next Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Ron Conway A harmful truth is better than a useful lie. Thomas Mann So if I die, somebody else from the corporation will take over the business. Alex Chiu Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back. Victoria Osteen Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. Arthur Ashe I could never have a better teacher in those days than my father. Tony Visconti Humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension. Lorrie Moore It's more important for me to feel content than t

be the best I could do. And then I realized that what I really wanted to write had nothing to do with what he was doing. Harry Mathews Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe. V. S. Naipaul But quite honestly I can't help being a passionate football supporter. If that's my sin, I'm guilty. Delia Smith I had rather be called a journalist than an artist. H. G. Wells What I'd say about that is that we must respect homosexuals in the church. I've got many homosexual friends, the issue is not in any way a homophobic reaction on my part. George Carey I don't use old music. Gyorgy Ligeti I didn't play at collecting. No cigar anywhere was safe from me. Edward G. Robinson Who needs enemies when you've got Republican Surrenderists for Obamacare waiting in the wings? Michelle Malkin I'm hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb. Rufus Wainw

too far inland - some of them actually in the British lines. The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops, which was another handicap that contributed to our excessive casualties. Kurt Student What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth. Samuel Butler We lived on a farm in the English countryside, where we wrote a lot of our music. You really were treated like an artist during those days-not like product, which is now the mode. Gary Wright I was never an A student, but I was really well behaved until I was 13 or so. Colin Farrell I consider myself a student of Hollywood. Rob Morrow Only silence perfects silence. A. R. Ammons Different members of different cultures will think that some things are beautiful. Jock Sturges I am proud to be Chinese, and I do not tolerate any traitor. Alex Chiu Just performing is where I'm happiest, and gets me rid of my troubles and worries. Tito Jackson It&#

at the box office as we all hoped, but it has endured and generated a following. Joe Johnston It might seem paradoxical given my profession, but I'm not someone who likes to be in the limelight. Audrey Tautou I'm not a slave to anything anymore. And I never will be again. Leif Garrett We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones. Jules Verne I think international is a place that, actually, The Huffington Post and AOL have started to make moves in. Tim Armstrong The juxtaposition between fishing and touring couldn't be greater. Dean Ween There's no such thing as a cheap laugh. Louis C. K. All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained. John Banville Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting. Dick Schaap But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light matter. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

the film studio era. Randy is one of the great songwriters of our time and one of the fun people to be with. Leonard Slatkin I don't feel like a wealthy person. Other people think of me as a wealthy person, but I don't. I feel the same as when I was a fifth-year associate trying to make partner at Lehman Brothers. I haven't changed. Stephen A. Schwarzman What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually there are no people in my pictures. It is so emotional. Annie Leibovitz I just love motherhood. Reba McEntire Honestly, I don't recommend anyone get into music. If you have something else that you're good at, do that instead. This is a really tough world to live in. Skylar Grey I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration. Freddie Mercury I have a good idea every two years. Give me a topic, I will give you the idea! Fritz Zwicky I love being in front of th

photograph from the back to the front, and then populate the picture. Sam Abell The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has existed all along. Susan Orlean I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things. Tadao Ando Madonna has total control over her life, and not many women have that. Monica Seles I want to be buried with a mobile phone, just in case I'm not dead. Amanda Holden I always wish I could go back and see the people that I love as children. Rachel McAdams Walking is great to be used as an exercise program. Lee Haney I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece. Lady Gaga It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness. Taylor Caldwell I made my new album 'Colour Me Free!' in a week with my own money. Joss Stone

away at minerals in the darkness and then suffer an accident that leaves them at the mercy of that darkness is part of the DNA of Chile, an integral part of the country's history. Ariel Dorfman Imagine the first time you are about to rap in a studio and you find yourself in a booth with Redman and KRS! Angie Martinez I like to take a long time over breakfast, and I can't bear to talk. If a guest is a breakfast talker it's very important to invite another so they can talk to each other. Otherwise they spoil the newspaper reading and everything else. Julian Fellowes I don't have a goal but I just want to work on movies that I really like. Patricia Arquette Preparation is based on one driving force for me and that is to be relaxed enough to be able to listen to what the candidates are saying and react appropriately. Jim Lehrer I think it bespeaks a generous nature, a man who can cook. Jilly Cooper Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's

least interesting about them, their mannerisms and habits. I prefer not to write for specific people. Claude Chabrol I wrote for magazines. I wrote adventure stuff, I wrote for the 'National Enquirer,' I wrote advertising copy for cemeteries. Walter Dean Myers For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority. David Suzuki I pray God may preserve your health and life many years. Junipero Serra I've been a spy for almost all of my adult life - I don't like being in the spotlight. Edward Snowden I'm very staid compared to my students, actually. Kathy Acker Free is the best. Anything free is good. Sandra Bullock Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in. Katharine Whitehorn I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired. Elaine Stritch I weep at everything. I love things so much - I just never want to dilute that. Chris E

catch your man. It didn't start at six and go on until you're 75, right? Susie Orbach If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have. Studs Terkel Currently, the United States provides 22 percent of the U.N. annual budgets, over $900 million in fiscal year 2007, and some of that funding goes to the Human Rights Council. Michael McCaul I believe people can move things with their minds. Justin Timberlake I never got a chance to be a teenager. Agnes Bruckner My favourite movie right now is probably 'Hitch', a Will Smith thing. Chris Moneymaker You've got to change with the public's taste. Nat King Cole I've absolutely lived the American dream. Rick Scott I think very often the price paid for a work is the trophy itself. Arne Glimcher It's really important for actors to feel that they're more than something for hire. Mary McDonnell

then, and I still wear it now! It's come full-circle. When I design the clothes, I have a very good team around me, showing me different pieces and cuts. Tiesto A lot of independent films offer a harsh reality check. Aubrey Plaza What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly? William Law What made me empathic was my depressions. Alice Weaver Flaherty Your body is a vehicle of your emotions and a vehicle of feelings and a vehicle of whatever you need to get done in life. And you've got to take care of that vehicle. Eva Longoria Being bald is no fun. Maura Tierney I'm a workaholic. I work and work and work. Criss Angel God bless all the little children in the world. Richard Dawson Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world. Samuel Richardson I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins. Ryan Giggs

this band. We didn't know failure. We got to know it a little after awhile but at that time there was no such word. Roger Daltrey I believe Johnson understood that the reason was Vietnam. I also believe that he felt that if there was a way to communicate the real issues in Vietnam, that the reasons would be answered or understood. But there was just no way to communicate. Lew Wasserman What the Idaho Health Freedom Act says is that the citizens of our state won't be subject to another federal mandate or turn over another part of their life to government control. Butch Otter All my books started out as extravagant and ended up pure and plain. Annie Dillard You have to be able to risk your identity for a bigger future than the present you are living. Fernando Flores My guilty pleasure is Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Rachel Bilson I act with my gut instincts. Alanna Ubach The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing. Twyla Tharp I lost my head

its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world. Hans Hofmann How can you be in hell while you are in my heart? Orlando Bloom Also, there are authors and publicists using the Internet to manipulate opinion, both positively for a work and negatively against the competition. I don't do this and can't stomach it, honestly. R. A. Salvatore I visit India a lot. Dev Patel Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear. N. T. Wright School districts in the US don't adopt technology very quickly. Reed Hastings I'd won the Australian Open twice, but winning Wimbledon takes something special. Stefan Edberg Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits. Jack Kemp Three-quarters of the world's population doesn't have enough to eat! Helen Reddy The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran w

I was when I was born, or blond, because I live in L.A., and I want to look like I go surfing without any physical effort. John Lydon The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims. Gijs de Vries To be able to keep the promise I made to God, I think that keeps me going. No matter how much the money had been, I would have always fulfilled my promise, as that's the way I am. Albert Gubay Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere. Benjamin F. Wade Salad bars are like a restaurant's lungs. They soak up the impurities and bacteria in the environment, leaving you with much cleaner air to enjoy. Douglas Coupland Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it. Cardinal Richelieu I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way. Lena Headey Vampires to me have always been very sexy. Stephen Dorff When you feel good is when you're not afraid to feel the worst. Kirsten

not as if I am God. I am just a tired, middle-aged woman trying to keep going. Karin Fossum If you're honest with yourself, you're going to find out whether you truly love America, or whether your primary allegiance is to the Republican party. Vincent Bugliosi Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps. Honore de Balzac Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star. Patti Smith I'm not a girlie girl at all. Peta Todd I've lived in Los Angeles for at least 24 years. Jack Herer I never do anything by chance. Brigitte Bardot I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out. Robert Fulghum And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh. Paul Merton I'm well aware of the people's wishes. Lee Myung-bak

in Jim Crow, living in segregation, living in segregated schools, it's hard to believe that it was America, but it really was. Anna Deavere Smith Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist. Bill Budge I am doing a lot of work for my church, taking an evangelism class, doing a lot of reading - mostly the Bible and things that coordinate with the Bible and go with the evangelism class. Angus T. Jones I want to have a career that evolves as I go on. Ed Sheeran Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa. George Steinbrenner Writing is the beast unto itself. Omar Epps I believe clothing tell a story. Rachel Roy I only want people around me who can do the impossible. Elizabeth Arden I have a thing for tools. Tim Allen Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched. John Webster

I'm into books like that. Case studies or forensics or murder - all that good stuff. Tom Araya Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It keeps you abreast of a wider spectrum of human activities. Abraham Verghese We're kind of like the smoking section in high school. We're immature, keep to ourselves. Matt Stone You have to learn the language of Hamlet. Edward Bond Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease. Armstrong Williams Obama seems to want to do something to damage rich people. George P. Shultz The memories of the Munich games for me are of triumph and tragedy. Mark Spitz Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant. Victor Hugo I don't want to be held down by genres so much. Randy Jackson I never trash

beautiful roasted bird, I might choose a Cabernet or Pinot Noir, or maybe a Syrah, depending on the sauce and what is in my cellar. Jacques Pepin A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture. Peter Bart Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it. John Hodgman I really don't have a favorite meal. I eat anything. Usain Bolt I'm a drifter and an outsider. There's not one single environment I can totally belong to. Ang Lee At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails. Piers Anthony I stayed in a really old hotel last night. They sent me a wake-up letter. Steven Wright Even when I think I'm wrong I'm right. I am all-knowing. Rush Limbaugh A bad sermon is like a car wreck - everyone slows down to see what happened. John Ortberg Usher is amazing. He's perfection to me as a performer. He gets down. Ciara

six months. After that, you've got all the benefit you can get, and so you have to move on to yoga, and then Tai Chi, and then bridge, always keeping on the steep part of the learning curve. Nolan Bushnell When you make a movie, you do it so piecemeal. You're doing it, not only scene by scene, out of order, but shot by shot, line by line. And there's this idea that the director has the whole thing in his or her head and they're going to somehow weave it all together in the end. Jason Reitman I think Francis at half form is better than anybody else by 50%, you know? I think it's just that he has never... he has a late pick of the things that are ambitious enough for him. John Milius The Left has always been anti-religious, and especially anti-Christian. Dennis Prager For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual. Hayley Williams We're taught to take care of people we love, but sometimes you can't. Mariel Heming

help more people than I could have done one-on-one as a psychologist. Just like other people's music really helped me. Gloria Estefan For a guy who used to steal watches on the streets of Chandni Chowk for kicks, I surely think my success at the age of 22 was pretty early! Akshay Kumar On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it. Greta Scacchi I see myself as like the lead singer of a band or something. Wiz Khalifa I always knew I had to work hard. Eric Cantona I have to think of the positive; that's how I cope. Ingrid Newkirk There is no right time and right place for love... it can happen any time. Shah Rukh Khan I love the semicolon; it's unnecessary, but graceful and sophisticated. Brian P. Cleary I got to work with Gene Hackman for six weeks, side by side, 12 hours a day. Marguerite Moreau I always hold doors open, I always try to be ni

children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited. Paul Ryan I find fragrance to be such a mood enhancer and definitely a seduction tool. Christina Aguilera The single most important factor in determining America's success in the 21st century will be maintaining our ability to be an innovative and creative society. Ron Kind I'm actually very active. RJ Mitte There's nothing more confirming in your life than looking in front of you and seeing some really amazing people who you care a lot about who care a lot about you. Kathleen Edwards With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it. Michael Reagan Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression. Harry Belafonte We worked as a team... I was one of the band. Jonathan King I had a strong desire to write and some free time. Francoise Sagan Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

a generalised term to signify that which is common to all animals and plants, and which is not directly operative in the inorganic world. Oliver Joseph Lodge I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard. Rachel Ward The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being. William Irwin Thompson I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular. Ritchie Blackmore I grew up in a really small town with not a lot of money, and I liked singing, but it was just something that was a hobby. Justin Bieber I consider myself a court jester - motivator. Richard Simmons I couldn't be happier. Leighton Meester I don't think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon. Diana Ross Without hard work and discipli

being forced to reveal our identities - except when using the Web. Browsing the Web leaves digital tracks everywhere in the form of log files, and anyone who hosts a Web site can be easily traced. Jamais Cascio I don't really think that very much is interesting about the superhero as an archetype. Alan Moore In spite of this fact, the Western powers have never given sufficient importance to the Muslim world. They have always been inclined to treat it as a big backward and lethargic child. Aly Khan I live in the present moment. Stacy Keibler I love domestic life. Michelle Williams I have no regrets because I did everything by the book. Alexis Arguello If you only do issue-based drama, you can become a boring wanker. Damian Lewis God will forgive me; that's his business. Heinrich Heine Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming. Tom Hiddleston I write plays instinctively. I don't like writing movie scripts. Jesse Eisenberg

being conscious of it and being aware to engage your muscles will help any woman's tummy get in shape. Brooke Burke Working with the Jewish community is essential to me and what I stand for. Ken Livingstone I don't like the dark. I really am afraid of the dark. Monica Keena Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day. Barry White I love acting, truly my favorite people are actors. Sean Penn My 'work' is about seeing not about ideas. Elliott Erwitt I would hate to be on a plane every day. Tatjana Patitz I've only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror. Sid Vicious The euro is our common fate, and Europe is our common future. Angela Merkel I was absolutely delighted that those shows have been preserved. Patrick Macnee

see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while. Abdullah II of Jordan There's not enough good things in the world. Noel Gallagher Any self-respecting entrepreneur has borrowed money from their mother at some point. Kevin Plank Sometimes I just cry at random stuff! Keith Urban Photography is very presumptuous. Photographers are always photographing other people's lives - something they know nothing about - and drawing great inferences into it. Duane Michals I apologize for nothing. Eric Cantona I think governments can't do much. Dalai Lama Obama's claim is that he wants to give. The GOP is saying it wants to take. John Podhoretz Every suit I wear is custom-made by a guy named Waraire Boswell in L.A. Raphael Saadiq I don't like to play rough, but I will if I have to. Mia Hamm

dork then in school - on any maths exams I'd get 100%. I just knew how to do maths and most people would hate it, but for some reason it just came. Rebel Wilson But that guitar is the perfect companion to the human voice. You rest it against your gut, against your heart, and when you strum it the vibrations go outwards for all to hear, but the vibration also hits you on your body. Jason Mraz Through my music teaching and my not absolutely irregular attendance at church, I became acquainted with the best class of colored people in Jacksonville. James Weldon Johnson I should be writing a poem every morning but I'm not. Tony D'Souza There are times when what's happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all. Carla Bley I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past. John Cale Imagination creates some big monsters. Olivier Martinez The only real indulgence was buying a

have gained something from them; be it negative or positive, it has enforced and reinforced my life in some aspect. Walter Payton I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore. Guy Lafleur You could play well and still lose. Retief Goosen My weeks tend to differ pretty dramatically. Eric Lefkofsky People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird. Barry White I don't want to go to Hollywood. Eric Cantona My purpose in performing is to communicate the joy I experience in living. John Denver I don't write on demand - I wait for inspiration to come. Jill Scott When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. Ella Maillart Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world. Sharon Salzberg

all these levels from a whisper to a scream with this gift I've been given. David Coverdale People always say that Glasgow has had umpteen social problems but keeps finding ways of getting over its difficulties and transforming itself. Maybe, belonging to the city I'm able to renew myself too, and keep extending out into some new area. Edwin Morgan If you are ignorant, you certainly can get into some interesting arguments. Herbert V. Prochnow Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance. Victor Hugo I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast. Carl Lewis I'm pretty sure that I was JFK in my past life. Kesha We not only need to work happy, we need to work at being happy. Shawn Achor Only the paranoid survive. Andy Grove If I don't write, I hate myself. Simple as that. My life is out of balance. Harlan Coben For a lot of kids, reading is not magical. It's really hard work. Jon Scieszka

estate, but I don't anymore; I saw my parents buy a nice house and move me to a nice area. Tinie Tempah Fighting is my career, it's what I love to do, but I am taking offers and trying to expand because the more I expand myself, the more valuable I become to promoters. Gina Carano It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles. Nathalie Sarraute Manage yourself first and others will take your orders. David Seabury I'm not going to say that every record I've put out was the greatest record in history, but I'd stand by even the bad ones. Don't make excuses, make hits. Pete Waterman I express myself through clothes, but clothes don't define me. Ginnifer Goodwin I've never been a much of a glamour girl. Deborah Ann Woll Perhaps I am stronger than I think. Thomas Merton Music is a weapon in the war ag

make an incredibly wide range of movies and work with an incredible array of people. James Mangold The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient. Gary Oldman The only way the Internet will continue to remain the thriving medium it has become today is to keep it under the control of the United States. John Doolittle Radio as we know it is pretty much changing completely. David Lee Roth Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinvent. David Rockwell There are so many brilliant women on television right now. Martha Plimpton Fiscally I'm very conservative... others say that I'm socially moderate. Brian Sandoval Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best. Marilyn vos Savant I hope people remember me for the kind of person that

love his paintings for what they are not. Unlike much art of the past decade, Grotjahn isn't simply working from a prescribed checklist of academically acceptable, curator-approved 'isms' and twists. Jerry Saltz A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student. Henny Youngman My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape. Diego Corrales You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise. Leonard Nimoy I can say that even in the midst of my most cynical comic stripping: Opus shone through with a bit of heart, anchoring the ugly proceedings with a comforting pull of emotion. Berkeley Breathed I don't think artists are made, I think they're born. Captain Beefheart I like my wine like my women - ready to pass out. Robin Williams Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints. Naomi Wolf Open your mouth and shut your ey

proud American, united with you to restoring our nation and revive the American dream. Rick Perry You do need parental guidance and I was in a great position with both my mum and dad. They split when I was a baby but even though I stayed with my mom they were both very much involved in my upbringing. Leonardo DiCaprio I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me. Walter Jon Williams It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. Eleanor Roosevelt Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end. Jack Kerouac I think any show after the Super Bowl will have huge numbers. Randy Jackson Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972. Kurtis Blow The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do wit

my daughter, so I don't really fight with them. I relinquished control years ago. Jon Bon Jovi It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose. Clifford D. Simak Outlining is not writing. Coming up with ideas is not writing. Researching is not writing. Creating characters is not writing. Only writing is writing. Harlan Coben If people think I look good, it's the make-up. Francesca Annis I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions. Karen Armstrong I love being able to create something from the page and bring it to life. Seann William Scott Thrillers are an enormous amount of fun for filmmakers. John McTiernan I find you get out of people what you put into them. Jewel The atmosphere defines the environment of sound. Bill Laswell I land a higher

for at least a half hour. I think that's very important. Kelly Ripa I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult. Kate Beckinsale That vision of a common culture is now simply a remote wistfulness. Dennis Potter I love art and fashion. Mena Suvari As an artist, I want a reaction. Chester Bennington I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels. Nicholas Sparks Building houses and mansion ranching is not ranching. Jon Tester Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything! Karl Liebknecht I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood. Trent Reznor I was part of a generation that changed the world, and it was taken over by posers. Billy Corgan

will postpone a movement towards new technologies. Paul Krugman Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity. Elizabeth Gilbert Fast food chains spend a large amount of marketing to get the attention of children. People form their eating habits as children so they try to nurture clients as youngsters. Eric Schlosser I always get a kick out of who is going to be the larger cheering section. Mike Quade I guess you could say I've been in my share of violent movies. Daniel Craig I never intended being a business person I wanted to be a fashion designer. Anna Sui I've got the recording process down, and I can knock it out very quickly. Neal Schon I've got a very interesting background. Jackie Chan If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much. Imelda Marcos I was member of the Diet as lon

Boonsborough, killed one man, and wounded two. Daniel Boone There is a very real danger that financial regulation will become a wolf in sheep's clothing. Henry Paulson Lawyers claim that their clients have been grossly mistreated, which is what criminal defense lawyers are paid to do. Ken Starr I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it. Wiz Khalifa It's not some big event that creates the drama, it's the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama. Asghar Farhadi I was considering running for political office. Michael Newdow I yearned for a long, happy marriage with one person. Ginger Rogers Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor. Richard Donner I've been on the road for fifteen years and I had no intent to stop. Bon Scott

a bad-guy wins a case is less important than what the law is that the case results in. Floyd Abrams I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it. Martin Sheen I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did. Zoe Kazan Independence is a very subjective assessment. P. Chidambaram Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues. Martha Beck Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great? Jimmy Johnson Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth. Thomas Huxley Sometimes I feel like putting on a blazer with just a T-shirt. Big Sean Well, I don't know too many governors who are flaming ideologues. Birch Bayh Everything I own can fit in two suitcases and a foot locker. GG Allin

need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds. Garry Trudeau Because I'm a synesthete I see characters in colors and I perceive a W as green. Robert Cailliau The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a camera or when you're on stage. There are some people who carry it all the time. That, to me, is not acting. Ernest Borgnine Wonder is involuntary praise. Edward Young I was a huge fan of the original 'Star Trek,' and I'd never even dreamed that I would someday be captain of a starship. Scott Bakula My pictures are airbrushed. Cindy Margolis I don't have lavish taste. Taylor Kinney I don't like leaving my dog when I go to England and she is with me all the time. Shirley MacLaine Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you. Marilyn vos Savant I read on the Internet that I was dead. Fiona Apple

to insomniacs who have more introspection than a lot of people in the mainstream media. Bernard Goldberg A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years. Saint Ambrose The Stones were nasty and ugly and doing songs I was familiar with. Robert Quine We all hope for breakthrough rebirth moments. Dane Cook Creating anything is hard. Philip Seymour Hoffman I keep defying the odds, you know. Bubba Watson I like pencil skirts because they hug me in all the right places. Mandy Moore I lived in Minnesota in a small town. Steve Zahn Fans will treat something preciously if they're given the opportunity to do so. Zachary Levi The history of our civilization has been one of intermittent war. John Boyd Orr

to learn from and build from. It gives you so much more to draw on, and then you don't have to be all about three-chord pop songs. I don't really like that kind of writing. Regina Spektor You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy. Anna Deavere Smith I believe people who practice their beliefs in daily life are activists. Jasmine Guy I have always had a problem with my weight. Kathy Bates I'm married, I have a couple kids, I've traveled a lot, I've done book tours a lot, I'm happy to stay home and take my kids to school and come to the office. James Frey One picture is worth 1,000 denials. Ronald Reagan Helping someone is what life is all about. Willie Stargell Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand. Malcolm Fraser History is the science of things which are not repeated. Paul Valery I love a woman who can out-eat me. Beau Mirchoff

the group and see who's observing. Human dynamics are amazing, but so much that you might learn is subconscious interplay. Steven Erikson I think monogamy is a little unnatural, if I'm totally honest. You change. Things alter. It's the exception rather than the rule and I think it's exceptional to cope with it and manage it. It's hard work. Robert Powell I admire the abstract expressionists and pop artists so right now I'm referencing American '60s art and at the same time referencing Japanese manga culture. Christian Marclay I wish we didn't have to tell this story. Andy Garcia It's never that hard for me to imagine what it must feel like to be someone else, whether it's an American teenage girl or a Japanese octogenarian man. Curtis Sittenfeld Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier. Sam Levenson My rule is to break one sweat a day. Matthew McConaughey I was 28 when I played the role of a 65 year

is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle. Balthus Child psychology and animal psychology are of relatively slight importance, as compared with the sciences which deal with the corresponding physiological problems of ontogeny and phylogeny. Wilhelm Wundt We wanted to interview people on the show, do variety, get the artists, the guests involved with us in our group. They wanted to keep the four guys together. We wanted to change the format. Davy Jones Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish. Tiger Woods I was involved with Wells Fargo Bank as a consultant in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when I suggested to them that they develop a product that has become known as index funds. Myron Scholes It's a great pleasure having survived six generations of TV critics. Geraldo Rivera I am a rank individualist. Arthur Keith My wife is Dutch and very independent. She never wanted or needed to be married. Julio Igles

federal government is responsible for repairing the damage that has been done, which has not been completed yet. Mitch Landrieu The kids I talk to are readers, and the craziest, the most dedicated readers you will ever see. Maureen Johnson My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me. John Malkovich I'd feel guilty just doing gags. Damian Lewis There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation. Esperanza Spalding Ever since I was 7 years old, I wanted to be great. Gloria Trevi Seems like half my anxiety dreams are about airports. Lois McMaster Bujold To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death. Jacqueline Cochran I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there. A. N. Wilson I think we had made some tremendous progress in the six months before I left. Jeffrey Skilling

You can only go forward by making mistakes. Alexander McQueen I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo. Nicole Kidman I will ge glad to have done with this life forever. Taylor Caldwell The expression of divinity is in variety. Sheri S. Tepper A literary journal is intended to connect writer with reader; the role of the editor is to mediate. John Barton News represents another form of advertising, not liberal propaganda. Christopher Lasch If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again. Jamie Lee Curtis Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom. Kevyn Aucoin The short story, on the other hand, is the perfect American form. Tobias Wolff I always pretend like I'm nervous no matter what. I try to fall asleep. Chris Moneymaker

as I could, and I recall being more or less overwhelmed again and again - if not by what the books actually said, by what they suggested, what they helped me to imagine. Marilynne Robinson I have a friend that has five kids and she went through a trial separation with her husband, and she didn't have time to be upset. Every now and then, she'd call me on the cell phone and just cry. Faith Ford In a lot of Indian societies, spirituality has been lost, I think it's still the best way of looking at the world for Indians - better than any organized religion in this country. James Welch Listening is the essence of anything. David Lyons I've always gotten along well with Texans. You've got to. Burt Reynolds Filming is repetition and many takes. Max von Sydow Economic growth is the most important initiative every governor faces. Dave Heineman When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners. Paul Johnson Fi

the other, we admit that it was bad but don't accept full, or even any, responsibility. J. L. Austin Over the years I must have spent thousands of hours silently brushing on the liquid coatings, preparing each sheet in anticipation of reaching the perfect print. Irving Penn The thing that's been exciting about 'Superman' is to see how the character has developed through generations. Grant Morrison Being a mom makes me feel whole and like I understand the meaning of life. Rebecca Romijn So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are. Justin Cronin My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry. Micky Dolenz I think we invent jargon because it saves times talking to one-another. John Maynard Smith Heredity is nothing but stored environment. Luther Burbank My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item. Sara Blakely Growing

N.C., or at her sister's farmhouse in Orange County, where chickens paraded outside the kitchen's screen door and hams were cured in the smokehouse. Andre Leon Talley I know some actors feel classes are not cool or they create negative public relations, but I continue to crave the story just beyond my reach. To grasp that brass ring I need to continue to fine-tune my talents. Michael Welch A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness. Robert Cecil When you love someone, you treat them well. Tippi Hedren There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor. A. J. Liebling A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it. Zora Neale Hurston I'm used to my films having little effect on making the world a better place. Michael Moore A neighborhood is where, when you go out of it, you get beat up. Murray Kempton They always

I'm left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct. Vivienne Westwood I think if the average person that uses AOL can't physically see the changes in the company, we've failed. Tim Armstrong I shut up and keep my ears and eyes open. Kieran Culkin Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot. Alexis Arguello That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds. Mary Astell I don't think I've ever had a real fashion disaster. Clive Owen The 'believe' tattoo is because my mom always told me to believe. Ashley Tisdale Fortunately, I've never had a job. Lyle Lovett I collect stuffed animals, and toy stores make me happy. Grace Slick People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love. Simon Cowell

are part of something I believe is absolutely necessary to building the life of a champion, a winner, a person of high character who is consistently at the top of whatever game he or she is in. Emmitt Smith It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations from a fixed zone of the permissible. They are humans. Eric Liu I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in. James McAvoy I have a social life. But I don't discuss it. Ed Koch My mother always said that everyone should be required to write an autobiography of their lives. Diane Keaton I'm not an introvert. I'm media shy. Steven A. Cohen I sing a little bit. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday. Jesse Plemons That's all I cared about too, was getting it right. R. Lee Ermey Folks are like plants; we all lean toward the light. Kris Carr If I was going onstage, of cours

Russian authorities. There are people whom I know by sight whom I trusted with my life. Klaus Fuchs I'm not a passive person by any stretch of the imagination. Courteney Cox I got a brand new flugelhorn today in this gorgeous case, it's beautiful. Andrew Dost I see bodies as individual things. Joni Mitchell I really want to try to become a great actress when I get older and continue to do what I'm doing now. Willow Shields A big part of fixing AOL is getting AOL to believe in itself. Tim Armstrong There's chaos out there, and chaos means opportunity. Marc Ostrofsky It's very important, once you are a parent, that you educate your kid day by day. Ana Tijoux I don't know why you would trade a stud pitcher. Anna Benson I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon. Cam Newton

a teacher, I would have said you're out of your mind, because quite frankly I hated school. Tim Gunn What's the best angle to cut someone's throat? Well, usually from behind. That's usually how it works. Nikki Sixx When I'm in London, I love to visit Kensington gardens and just sit in the park and read a good book. Natalie Imbruglia I loved the medium of TV from the first moment that I got into a studio. Sophie Aldred Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding. Jennifer Ellison Men have never been good, they are not good and they never will be good. Karl Barth I'm always going to do that - record and make music. Norah Jones To be precise and reckless: that is the consummation devoutly to be wished. James Dickey College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development. Claire Danes I can't permit myself to do things halfway; I never was like that. Marion Bartoli

attached to your body. There are more of us than you would believe, but if you want to keep working, you feel like you have to keep quiet. Pat Sajak I want to get the message out that everybody can make a difference. Miranda Cosgrove You're at the top of your game if you do comedy. Hector Elizondo We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution. Bill Hicks Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways. David Mamet There are many people who live with terrorism every day. Morena Baccarin Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. John Adams Poe's saying that a long poem is a sequence of short ones is perfectly just. John Drinkwater I'm proud to be from Philadelphia. Sherman Hemsley I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting. Antonia Fraser

heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity, salt imbalance, and allergies. David Suzuki Hollywood is my domestic idyll. Rufus Sewell The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away from the task. Aldrich Ames Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names. Shigeru Miyamoto Instead of focusing on my looks I focus on the character that I am playing. Anil Kapoor The social entrepreneurs are governments' best friends. Bill Drayton I just want to make it clear that I have been working since I was ten years old. Ian Somerhalder I love pop music, but I love pop music that does something a little bit different. Kris Allen Horror movies don't exist unless you go and see them, and people always will. Joss Whedon We spent a lot of time

is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible. Brene Brown There's no more film; now everything's digital. I welcome this. It's fantastic for me to have a new chance. Bernardo Bertolucci In bed at night, I could be reading some book, and I'll come across a sentence that's totally unrelated to some scene I did years ago. But I'll play the scene back in my mind and think, I did that wrong - I should've opened the door more slowly. Liam Neeson I still consider myself a little, fat kid from Hawaii. Robert Kiyosaki I genuinely enjoy talking one-to-one. I have no shyness about that. Stephanie Beacham I like Anastacia's version of Love is Alive best. Gary Wright My sympathies have always been for working-class people. Christa McAuliffe I don't think I'd ever be able to give up the spotlight. Chris Jericho Maybe stories are just data with a soul. Brene Brown Zoos should concentrate more on the preserv

clothes. But I'm 14 - my mom is super-strict about that. Chloe Grace Moretz I'm a technophobe. I can't crack the iPhone, and the extent of my multitasking is being able to talk while I make a drink. Len Goodman I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor. Charles Dance You have to be honest about who you are. Ray Lewis You've got to be taught to hate and fear. Oscar Hammerstein II I'm not sure how a world leader reacts to the work of a clown. Darrell Hammond The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them. Ernest Hemingway I think the digital camera would record that information too fast for me. Kim Weston It's always freezing on planes. Paz de la Huerta Now in a way, money is money, and if it's going to increase our audience, that's fine. Gene Ween

rates of death from either homicide or warfare or both. Anarchy is one of the main reasons for violence, and it may be the most important. Steven Pinker I make a list of what I have in common, and what I don't have in common, with someone I'm playing. John Turturro I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me. Carlos Ghosn All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect. Walter Annenberg I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education. Jonathan Kozol I'd have no problem serving under any president. Michael Mullen I was a very hyper-active child and my parents just didn't know what to do with me. Jay Ryan I'm not a library. Sidney Poitier For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story. Rebecca Skloot Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human. Edward Bond

very happy, slightly eccentric but loves laughing, which I do too. Carol Vorderman 'Marbles' really took so much and such a thorough effort from me that I was so happy to tie that up and have it feel satisfying. Ellen Forney Then, in 1983 I went on a very long concert tour all over Europe. Klaus Schulze I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly. Mike Myers You can do anything if you set goals. You just have to push yourself. RJ Mitte I'm anti-big power. I don't know if that's populist or not. Brian Lamb One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't. Shawn Colvin A child did approach me in a restaurant in Cornwall, but he thought I was Gandalf. Michael Gambon Country music is me, it's what I've grown up with, and it's what I do. Scotty McCreery It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it. Jim Broadbent

have government that looks like America, if we want to have government that is truly a representative Democracy, then we need to clearly address how we get our campaign laws out of the way of Democracy. Carol Moseley Braun People get really caught up in their own trips. Max Cannon While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory. Dweezil Zappa Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. Enzo Ferrari The White House used to be, everybody looked up at the White House and America and everything, and now I think it's like a house of shame. Jonathan Davis With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the heart is her world. Betty Grable Well it's hard to remember who, but I drunk dial a lot. Adam Garcia When you film a reality show

but I didn't. My happiest thing about that picture is that I proved that American actors can speak as well and also fit in with an ensemble like that. Rod Steiger Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom. William Bartram I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts back to myself - kind of like adding a soundtrack to help shape mood. Erik Larson The way I look at it you can always get better. Zakk Wylde The past is where its supposed to be. Jason Newsted If the economy grows, housing gets better, quicker. Jamie Dimon My goal is just to get healthy as far as what my ideal weight has to be for my height. Sean Kingston I react emotionally to everything! Jennie Garth 'Cool-Hand Luke' is one of my favorite movies. Ron Rash All those songs

a big one. I think car companies need to do a lot better in producing more efficient cars. They have the technology, we just need to demand them as consumers. Daryl Hannah I've got eighteen-year-old twins that need to go to college, so there's still a financial issue, but I could retire tomorrow and just count ducks by the side of the lake, and that would be just fine by me. I'm not a high-energy guy. Jonathan Banks I discovered surfing, which I absolutely fell in love with. That feels good and kind of keeps your body aligned, so does the salt water. Anthony Kiedis Patients know in a heartbeat if they're getting a clumsy exam. Abraham Verghese In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition. Helmut Jahn I don't think there is much American music. Harrison Birtwistle The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still. Daniel Nathans There is nothing more

people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well. Inge de Bruijn People don't talk to you properly. It's the way they talk to you; they dismiss you. I think it's a combination of me being a woman and a foreigner. Zaha Hadid But the way people commonly use the word nowadays it means something all of whose parts are mutually interdependent - not only for their mutual action, but for their meaning and for their existence. David Bohm I don't have to be in politics. Matt Gonzalez I'm the diva from the future. The next gig's on the moon. Catch me while you can. Natasha Bedingfield A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her. Oscar Wilde Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music. Katey Sagal In Japanese sushi restaurants, a lot of sushi chefs talk too much. Ma