The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

Margaret Thatcher

It cannot be helped, it is as it should be, that the law is behind the times.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally elected politicians who understand best the needs of their areas. And far more say too for the dedicated staff at all levels in health and education.

Charles Kennedy

A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners.

Mignon McLaughlin

I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult.

Lionel Richie

Merlin's pants!

J.K. Rowling

My daughter's mother and I are no longer dating, and the people I'm most likely to date are those around me, who are athletes.

Tyson Gay

Here's what I hadn't realized: the mother you haven't seen for almost thirty-six years isn't your mother, she's a stranger. Sharing DNA doesn't make you fast friends. This wasn't a joyous reunion. It was just awkward.

Jodi Picoult

I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.

Drew Barrymore

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

Cato The Elder

I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.

B. F. Skinner

The times are chaotic. For me, I would hope that people look at [Angel] and gain strength by it. With everything that I do, I hope that they see people struggling to live decent, moral lives in a completely chaotic world. They see how hard it is, how often they fail, and how they get up and keep trying. That, to me, is the most important message I'm ever going to tell.

Joss Whedon