Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education.

Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent.

Kevyn Aucoin

Most sermons sound to me like commercials - but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product.

Mignon McLaughlin

Christmas in L.A. is weird. There's no snow. It's not even cold.

Ellie Goulding

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

Barry Mann

Economically, it's more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that.

Ang Lee

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.

Little Milton

Picking a best friend who stands up for what she believes in, is true to herself and allows you to be yourself without judgement of how 'cool' you are? Well, now you're picking a friend for life.

Renee Olstead

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

To be free is to have achieved your life.

Tennessee Williams

We know enough of our own history by now to be aware that people exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but they defend what they love. To defend what we love we need a particularizing language, for we love what we particularly know.

Wendell Berry

And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during the rest of my life, of any such rights, the barbarous relics of a feudal, despotic system.

Robert Dale Owen

People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around -- the music and the ideas.

Bob Dylan