Barack Obama doesn't believe in free enterprise. He's never going to admit it. For instance, he's never going to come straight out and say, 'If you own a business you didn't build it.' Alright, maybe he will.

There was time before organisms experienced consciousness, and there will be time after. And if the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, I encourage you to ignore it.

John Green

Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve.

Jessica Chastain

Winning the Nobel Prize does not automatically qualify you to be commander in chief. I think George Bush has proved definitively that to be president, you don't need to care about science, literature or peace.

Stephen Colbert

I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well in it.

Virginia Woolf

It's funny, having the same name as someone. Me, Emma Watson and Emma Stone, the amount of times I've been called Emma Watson or Emma Stone is so funny. It's just 'cause we're all named Emma. None of us look alike.

Emma Roberts

It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created.

Bruce Beresford

I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.

Gary Sheffield

Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions.

Jodi Picoult

When it's breezy, hit it easy.

Davis Love, Jr.

A family is a little kingdom, torn with factions and exposed to revolutions.

Samuel Johnson

Imagination disposes of everything it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.

Blaise Pascal

You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness.

Percy Ross