I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.

Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art.

Camille Paglia

Eventually, I told myself not to expect anything from him, and as a result it has gotten easier for me to take what comes.

Jodi Picoult

I actually don't feel famous.

Anwar Robinson

Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.

Doug Horton

Yoga is not a religion to me.

Christy Turlington

Percy wouldn't notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby's hats.

J.K. Rowling

A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.

Barry Manilow

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.

Albert Einstein

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.

Iain Banks

Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it

James Gibbons Huneker