Anybody who has gone through a life-changing experience will tell you there is a different understanding of what is real and what is important, and when you are going through different moments, you can reflect and go, 'I have been through worse.'

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.

Marguerite Blessington

The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything.

Nelson Rockefeller

When I come home and I'm tired from filming all day, I expect her to be there and make sure everything is cool for me. You know, like drawing my bath and helping me into bed.

Oliver Reed

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

George Bernard Shaw

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Oscar Wilde

I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.

Jackie Robinson

Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that?

Siobhan Fahey

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.

Jane Austen

If my daughter, Liza, wants to become an actress, I'll do everything to help her.

Judy Garland

The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

Michael Porter

If Christ is God, He cannot sin, and if suffering was a sin in and by itself, He could not have suffered and died for us. However, since He took the most horrific death to redeem us, He showed us in fact that suffering and pain have great power.

E.A. Bucchianeri