American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.

The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.

Sam Mendes

Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is.

Juan Cole

We had every problems starting a big top could have. The tent fell down on the first day. We had problems getting people into the shows. It was only with the courage and arrogance of youth that we survived.

Guy Laliberte

They keep the old business. We keep the ongoing business.

Harvey Weinstein

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.

Leonard Cohen

By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.

Jack Dempsey

You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.

John Keats

Wisdom thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten. Science is got by diligence; but Discretion and Wisdom cometh of GOD.

Pythagoras

By losing your goal, you have lost your way.

Friedrich Nietzsche

It is the mind that speaks a woman's heart, not the vaginal walls.

Mary Roach

I want to stay healthy, keep fit, eat well, keep a low profile and be a good dad.

Frank Bruno

All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.

Jack Kerouac