It absolutely helped - to write the father in both 'Juicy' and 'Beasts,' I had to see the whole story from his point of view. All of a sudden I understood more of what my own father must be going through - the fear, the frustration, the anger... the hope that he'll leave a legacy.

The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.

Steven Moffat

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.

Mary Wortley Montagu, The Comple

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.

Jesse Ventura

To be happy man would have to make himself immortal; but, not being able to do so, it has occurred to him to prevent himself from thinking of death.

Blaise Pascal

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?

Rumi

It was the sort of beauty you feel so deeply it becomes contagious and somehow makes you feel beautiful too.

Alice Hoffman

For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with the demands of the Faith.

Richard Morris

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men.

John Calvin

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

Abraham Lincoln

Holiday? Is like, what? I'm a hyperactive girl, so it may be boring for me to be on the beach doing nothing. I just need to find a place for three weeks and work but sleep in the morning, maybe write a little bit, have a glass of red wine. That's my perfect holiday.

Melanie Laurent

Beauty opened all the doors it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve.

Janice Dickinson

Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz