Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human life.

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.

Albert Einstein

I really think the Patriot Act violates our Constitution. It was, it is, an illegal act. The Congress, the Senate and the president cannot change the Constitution.

Peter Camejo

So, I'm getting less chips, paying the same amount of money. Is that legal for them to do this?

Julie Chen

I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.

Bette Davis

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

Eric Hoffer

No one is ever going to give you something that they're too afraid to even claim for themselves. People don't know themselves, so they don't like to see other people figure it out and live their lives in ways that they themselves cannot. So they try to box you in, and limit you, so they don't feel inadequate. But you don't need their approval- the only person who ever, ever limits you is yourself.

Danielle Jordan

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

James Joyce

Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.

Orson Welles

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

George Bernard Shaw

Romantic love is painful.

will.i.am

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Robert Redford

For mankind, speech with a capital S is especially meaningful and committing, more than the content communicated. The outcry of the newborn and the sound of the bells are fraught with mystery more than the baby's woeful face or the venerable tower.

Paul Goodman