Then I moved on to people-eating-cereal-on-the-phone. But only this week did I stumble across the rightful winner: it's the sound of a baggage carousel coming to a grinding halt, having reunited every passenger on your flight with their luggage, except for you. Sloane Crosley Autism is an extremely variable disorder. Temple Grandin The color of truth is gray. Andre Gide Baptism is not only a sacrament of our union with Christ; it is also a sacrament of our communion as the body of Christ. Michael Horton There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard. John Motson I don't like horror films. Horror films in the sense of the way horror films are now, like 'Saw,' I don't like that, I don't. Atticus Shaffer The French are so into themselves that they don't even notice you. Bono It's much easier for me to be silly than it is to be serious on soap opera. Doug Davidson I can be very dry and sarcastic. Hayden Panettiere

is to think of themselves as social cartographers. By that I mean that brands must simultaneously inspire, engage and maintain a series of conversations taking place within certain cultural landscape specific to their business goal. Simon Mainwaring I have to laugh at myself. Anthony Kiedis I think that my ideas of the world are that it's random and cruel but kind of quite comical really, and therefore the humour, in a sense, springs from that. Alexei Sayle Teenagers would rather text than talk. They feel calls would reveal too much. Sherry Turkle Honor thy error as a hidden intention. Brian Eno My vision is that I'm living to see two more daughters get married, dance at their weddings and then lift the Lombardi Trophy several times. Chuck Pagano How do I feel about being a star now? Well I still try to live life and enjoy what I am doing. Christian Slater I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. George McGovern I think, in common w...

too something. I'm too this, I'm too that. And my music has never really had a home. I've been this floating alternative. I'm too mainstream for alternative. I'm too alternative for mainstream. And I'm just kind of wandering. K. D. Lang We've turned down multi million dollar films, simply because we liked the film better. We have the luxury to do so - we have projects that make the money, and others that we do for love. Mark Mothersbaugh I have never been interested in specific roles. Estelle Parsons I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me. Judi Dench Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma. Philip Guedalla If there is a Like button in a page, Facebook knows who visited that page. And it can get IP address of the computer visiting the page even if the person is not a Facebook user. Richard Stallman The problem with naming a No. 2 is you really want to throw all your weight...

silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad. Aravind Adiga Be able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country. Marilyn vos Savant I might survive a few days at sea. Probably not as long as Pi. Suraj Sharma I want to show little girls that the possibilities are endless. That's my goal - to not only do it for myself, but to show them I can do whatever I put my mind to. Nicki Minaj If I had my way, I'd wear jewelry, a great pair of heels and nothing else. Jada Pinkett Smith Bangalore has become a centre for healthcare. Geoff Mulgan I'm not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids. Peter Maxwell Davies To be great we need to win games we aren't s...

'Superman' someday? Wouldn't it be great to create my own show, or work on 'Lensman,' or 'Forbidden Planet?' Those were very literally the goals I set for myself, the dreams that I thought I didn't have a chance in hell of ever actually achieving. But it's happened. J. Michael Straczynski When I put some Tabasco on things, and there's really nothing in Tabasco, it's not bad for you in any way, so that's kind of become my substitute. Now you got to get used to a hot mouth, but that's okay. Mike Ditka A sign to me is a one-liner, a symbol is very complex and my house is a series of symbols. Charles Jencks I chose to go to law school because I thought that someday, somehow I'd make a difference. Christopher Darden Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work. Susan B. Anthony The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation. James ...

a preferred son or daughter, and the rules for acknowledging it are the same everywhere: The favored kids recognize their status and keep quiet about it - the better to preserve the good thing they've got going and to keep their siblings off their back. Jeffrey Kluger I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight. S. E. Hinton A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against terrible odds. Herb Caen To my undying shame, I do read reviews. I don't read them all, but I like to get some kind of idea how things are going. Nick Cave I'm about as healthy as a person can be. I quit smoking seven or eight years ago. Karen Allen Victor Saville was bad news because he wanted money just to do one big picture. Mickey Spillane I'm a very professional man. I'm not out for the experience of adventure. Werner Herzog I blew the college boards, and to ease the snub from H...

black holes, and the various vortexes that create possibility, and what happens on the other side of the black hole. To me it's the microcosmic study of the macrocosmic universe in man, and that's why I'm attracted to it. Wesley Snipes So I say keep yelling and hustling every minute you're in uniform. Enos Slaughter This was the first day of our beginning to take up plants: we had much pleasure in collecting them for the natives offered their assistance and perfectly understood the method of taking them up and pruning them. William Bligh A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn't want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph. Dennis Rodman All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent. Ingrid Newkirk Education is such a noble profession, it's a wonderful way to serve. Erin Gruwell We had a really vast music collection and I was raised around rock'n'roll, it...

reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off an impression at an audition that had them mentally put me in a three-piece suit or put an attache case in my hand. If there was a stiff-guy part, the director would brighten up when I came in. Charles Kimbrough At the end of the day, you should take every opportunity that comes your way. Leona Lewis No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me. Truman Capote Too many security officers live day to day. They just want to be treated with dignity. John Wilson Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority. Bill Gates It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming. Natalie Imbruglia I'm open to whatever people want to call me. Jake Gyllenhaal It's important, that spirit...

the way you express emotions. It's a stereotype but it's true. British people can appear repressed in expressing emotions. Not very good at self-evaluating, or affirming situations, touching, anything like that. Emily Blunt I love guys and the way they think; they're so straightforward - and women can learn from that. Rashida Jones Men should have more time with their newborn babies. Megyn Kelly My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary. Victor Ponta I was shy at school. Mia Wasikowska At the end of the day, that's our sole purpose and our sole reason for existing, is to love somebody else. Nikki Reed American is the first democratic nation-state. Stephen Ambrose If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win. Thomas Sowell I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things. Joan Collins

I can't shake it, that there are endless reasons to turn the channel. There are hundreds of channels and entirely other things to do besides TV. And if you make a bad television show there's no reason for the audience to come back the following week. Chuck Lorre So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it. Bill Watterson What doesn't feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else - when you want to be another person. Zoe Saldana Al Jazeera is one entity that everyone across the Arab world watches. Arabs are proud of that. Jehane Noujaim When I on set as a director I crazy. My temper is not that good. Andrew Lau I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being. J. K. Rowling Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old one...

There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange. Florence Welch I never thought I'd be making a living off of acting - it's still kind of a shock for my family and friends to see my face on TV every Wednesday night. Matthew Gray Gubler I would be surprised to see the White House scaling back on anything. That would be an admission they are operating from a position of weakness. Rich Galen The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another. James Salter I've had a deep love affair with skiing for many years. John Denver If our lives are made up of a string of a thousand moments, at some of those moments we look a lot more spiritually evolved than at others. Anne Lamott Today, nuclear...

thought about Bernie Taupin, who is Elton John's lyricist; Elton John is the great melody and song writer but Bernie Taupin is the one who writes all the lyrics. I don't write lyrics, and I never wanted to be in the music business if I was just going to be a puppet in it. Carmen Ejogo The cycle of life is death, decomposition and regeneration, and a person who wants to stop killing animals is actually anti-life because it's only in death that life can be regenerated. Joel Salatin Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace. George Santayana She's been married so many times she has rice marks on her face. Henny Youngman You never expect anything when you are 20 because you think that you'll never get older. Carolina Herrera The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar I hope...

if we do choose to read the news, yet the attitude towards life can be one where we put blinders on and forget that there are civil wars going on. It's easy to forget that there are so many people starving to death every single day. Anne Hathaway Becoming a mother was the single defining event of my life. It felt like the whole world shifted. Debra Messing I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism. His mother's a Norwegian and I'm mixed up four or five times, so he can face the world. James Brown Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs. Douglas Coupland You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film. Arthur Erickson You can be a virtuous person without faith in God. Bill Bennett I thought I wanted to be a journal...

that our goal is to have a combined federal-provincial corporate tax rate of no more than 25 percent. We're on target to do that by 2012. We will have significantly - by a significant margin the lowest corporate tax rates in the G-7, and that's our - our government's objective. Stephen Harper One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The other claims that when money ebbs, so do prospects for women. Jerry Saltz I'm completely cricketed out. If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I'll be a happy man. Joseph O'Neill I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West. Abdullah II of Jordan What makes an actor, I think, is a combination of a deep curiosity about life and a case of the crazies. Nina Arianda I like movies I can relate to. Kim Cattrall Tax increases appear to have a very large sustained and h...

a heated competition between Kellen and me, and I'm excited about that; I will do it in a respectful way. I have the utmost respect for him because he's a great player. Whatever's best for team will be best for the team and the coaches will decide. Mark Sanchez The world is changing very profoundly. Fareed Zakaria A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak. Rosie Perez I was no longer, if I had ever been, afraid to die: I was now afraid not to die. Joan Didion I have one talent, and that's figuring out what people want about two minutes before they know it themselves. Felix Dennis When you scan the globe's hot spots, every civil war and massacre, every act of terror and every clash between states has its unique local circumstances. Atifete Jahjaga I don't know if I have any feelings about psychics. I never really met any. Patrick Wilson I actually don't believe in big government, and half the time I'm never quite sure I believe in govern...