The years of imprisonment hardened me ... Perhaps if you have been given a moment to hold back and wait for the… — Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Copy Share Image
Eddie Izzard is doing his show in French... Will he be able to fake ad-lib as well in other languages? He's been… — Andy Kindler Copy Share Image
Besides writing, I have been teaching myself to 'develop' my own photographic plates, and I haven't a stick of clothing or an… — Bret Harte Copy Share Image
Is there any other democracy where the voters are as spoiled as they are in the United States? Especially, of course, in… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
It's something we do every week. Every week kind of has bigger name headliners. It's all just our taste. There's a lot… — B. J. Porter Copy Share Image
The reality is that our economy now consists of driving 250 million vehicles around the suburbs and malls and eating fried chicken.… — Joe Bageant Copy Share Image
I don't know why I just remembered this, and I haven't told anybody this, but we were shooting in Canyon de Chelly… — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
'I haven't used the veto pen very often since I've been in office,' Obama told NPR. 'Now, I suspect there are going… — Byron York Copy Share Image
Politics is not really different from marriage. You cannot get things done in your relationship if you tell your wife: Look, if… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
I always think back to my childhood and I have a distinct memory of me not having any idea who I wanted… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
Kids take up all available time - it's the basic law of parenthood. No matter how much time you give them, whether… — Myrna Blyth Copy Share Image
Haven't we all heard some irritating person saying that if so-and-so is elected, then he/she is absolutely definitely leaving the country? There… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, or perhaps it is fortunate that I have always been forced to stand on my acting ability. I haven't a personality… — William Powell Copy Share Image
We are now spending half a trillion dollars on foreign oil, importing 62 percent of the oil we use, and we haven't… — T. Boone Pickens Copy Share Image
What little reality television I've seen seems to be about economic desperation. Like the marathon dancing of the Great Depression, which should… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
No matter what I tend to be doing, generally people always think I'm crazy, first of all, because I'm always talking about… — Trip Hawkins Copy Share Image
It doesn't really exist, this Frat Pack. We run into each other on occasions and we all like each other's films, I… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
I've had small depressions, days when I've woken up and felt sad, especially when I'm so far away from home. I've got… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
When greedy people are given gold, they are bitter that they haven't gotten jewels; when they are made barons they are resentful… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
In fact, batteries haven't improved over the last 100 years as much as they would need to in order to make that… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People want you to be the ambassador of everything. This happens to me especially when I go to Europe. I have to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
It happened to me just this year with a beautiful boy I started hanging out with. Call me a hormonal teenager if… — Stephen Lovegrove Copy Share Image
My own take on the word "transgender" is that it's an umbrella term for anyone who breaks any rules, laws, guidelines or… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
People have the right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you, but when I haven't… — Layne Staley Copy Share Image
Thankfully dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses. So… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Software companies should take more responsibility for security holes, especially in browsers and e-mail clients. There are some straightforward things the industry… — Tim Berners-Lee Copy Share Image
I got the O.B.E because I represent England outside of England more...but thinking of me as an actor, I haven't done all… — Charlotte Rampling Copy Share Image
I'm a product of state schools. I had a working-class family. We had no books. I was the first to go to… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
I opened the Woodstock Festival even though I was supposed to be fifth. I said, 'What am I doing here? No, no,… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
Don't force things to happen. You can work towards things and keep yourself open to things, people, and opportunities, but you can't… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
I don't think that I would go into the writers' room because they work really hard and I feel like I'm already… — Mary Elizabeth Ellis Copy Share Image
They [political leaders ] thought the only problem was the banking system, and if they fixed the banking system, all would be… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
We have to deal with this new type of threat in a way we haven’t yet defined. . . . With a… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
It was at a certain stage (you might have forgotten, haven't you?) that the United States actively collaborated with Saddam when he… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Stammering is different than stuttering. Stutterers have trouble with the letters, while stammerers trip over entire parts of a sentence. We stammerers… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
In the bedroom darkness I may visualise a way of making a painting. I can see it - if I do this… — Jules Olitski Copy Share Image
I wasn't trying to modelI'm not sure where it's going, apart from the pleasure of making beautiful thingsI said I wasn't going… — Stella Tennant Copy Share Image
In the meantime the big corporations are fleeing America for tax havens and places like Ireland, Luxembourg and the Grand Cayman Islands;… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Force yourself to write down what is of no interest, what is most obvious, most common, most colourless...antique shops, clothes, hi-fi, etc.… — Georges Perec Copy Share Image
I chose to be a photographer twenty-two years ago, but I don't know that I'd make that choice again. Back in the… — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image