To the best of my knowledge and belief, the average American newspaper, even of the so-called better sort, is not only quite as bad as Upton Sinclair says it is, but 10 times worse

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.

Edward Gibbon

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one Helen Keller is the other.

Erma Bombeck

And now, first and foremost, you can never afford to forget for a moment what is the object of our forest policy. That object is not to preserve forests because they beautiful, though that is good in itself; nor because they are refuges for the wild creatures of the wilderness, though that, too, is good in itself; but the primary object of our forest policy, as of the land policy of the United States, is the making of prosperous homes. It is part of the traditional policy of home making in our country. Every other consideration comes as secondary. You yourselves have got to keep this practical object before your minds: to remember that a forest which contributes nothing to the wealth, progress, or safety of the country is of no interest to the Government, and should be of little interest to the forester. Your attention must be directed to the preservation of forests, not as an end in itself, but as the means of preserving and increasing the prosperity of the nation.

Theodore Roosevelt, speaking to

Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.

Edna Ferber

I think more dating stuff is scheduling. It's needing people who understand your work schedule.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

The more one works, the more willing one is to work.

Lord Chesterfield

I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man.

Gene Tierney

In that way imagination and intelligence enter into our existence in the part of servants of the primary instincts.

Albert Einstein

Quick dinner with ... Ang [Lee] and his wife Jane who's visiting with the children for a while. We talked about her work as a microbiologist and the behaviour of the epithingalingie under the influence of cholesterol. She's fascinated by cholesterol. Says it's very beautiful: bright yellow. She says Ang is wholly uninterested. He has no idea what she does.I check this out for myself. 'What does Jane do?' I ask.'Science,' he says vaguely.

Emma Thompson

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

Floyd Patterson

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course of my life as a painter. I ask those who will have the patience to read these notes the indulgence usually granted to the writings of painters

Henri Matisse

I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done, so now Ijust have to fill in the rest.

Steven Wright