The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to do, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

There was one thing my daddy wouldn't tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was just very important to my folks. And as it turns out, that was a legacy that he left me that money can't buy, is how to be able to treat people.

Paula Deen

I think I can work with any type of actor.

Ang Lee

Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.

J. B. (John Boynton) Priestley

Man perfected by society is the best of all animals he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice.

Aristotle

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.

Baltasar Gracian

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

Friedrich Nietzsche

The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn't matter what mood you're in or what kind of a year you've had - it's a fresh start.

Kelly Clarkson

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

Billy Corgan

Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now that the faith has spread so far and there are so many people... No matter who plants or waters, God gives no harvest unless what is planted is the faith of Peter and unless he agrees to his teachings.

Thomas Becket

It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.

Lillian Hellman

This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.

Roy Hattersley