After all, the work isn't the point; the piece is.

At the drop of a hat, people will say there are no roles for women after 40. It's there with a bunch of other…

— Lesley Nicol

When my main character in 'Heat' climbs the tower, the highest diving platform, hoping to resume competitive diving after an injury, I am there…

— Michael Cadnum

I was strictly after hits when it came down to the Jackson 5. That's all I was concerned with.

— Deke Richards

It's important for American soldiers to be culturally sensitive when deployed in foreign countries. But it's just as important for the U.S. never to…

— Gary Bauer

No lusting after your neighbor's house - or wife or servant or maid or ox or donkey. Don't set your heart on anything that…

— Moses

After I finished college, I got a job on Wall Street as a derivatives trader, but after a couple years of it, I was…

— Philipp Meyer

When good media takes a bounded form, and comes once in a period of time, it begs to be consumed as a whole -…

— John Battelle

Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't…

— George Soros

I have a lot of success and make a good living, but after while, you start going 'Why? Why are you doing all this?'

— Tyra Banks

See to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

— James Freeman Clarke

I went to school at night in L.A. to brush up on my engineering while I applied to the astronaut program. I really did…

— Mae Jemison

Sometimes after a compliment about my characterization skills, I'm asked if I model my characters on real people. Emphatically, no. And sort of, yes.

— Brent Weeks

After The Wizard Of Oz I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions.

— Bert Lahr

I'm pretty cautious and not very athletic, so I've only had really dumb injuries, like sprained ankles and allergic reactions. I did have to…

— Mara Wilson

I'd like an omelet named after me.

— Rufus Sewell