I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

Michael Tippett

I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.

Woody Allen

One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.

Iris Murdoch

You know, out-of-touch liberals like Barack Obama say they want a strong economy, but in everything they do, they show they don't like business very much. But the economy, of course, is simply the product of all the businesses of the nation added together. So it's a bit like saying you like an omelet, but you don't like eggs.

Mitt Romney

A desire for knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being, whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all he has to get knowledge.

Samuel Johnson

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Sir Thomas Browne

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

Harry S Truman

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service.

Joan Didion

My heart lies in music and acting, however, my inspiration comes from adrenaline rush I get from sports... and life.

Alexander Ludwig

Almost everybody in the neighborhood had troubles, frankly localized and specified; but only the chosen had complications. To have them was in itself a distinction, though it was also, in most cases, a death warrant. People struggled on for years wit

Edith Wharton

Today, I will vote in support of the Marriage Protection Amendment. I shall do so because like President Bush, I strongly believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman.

Nick Lampson

Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.

Jean-Paul Marat