I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.

Anthony Powell

A man is never more serious than when he praise himself.

G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenb

I left because I could no longer make records that sounded less and less like me. I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.

Melissa Manchester

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

James Madison

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

Yogi Berra

Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show.

James Stewart

Kolkata is a great city, has great food and great people. We had some problems finding the kind of old buildings we were looking for, and even handling the crowds, but on the whole it was fun shooting there.

Sanjay Dutt

To know reality is to accept it, and eventually to love it.

George Wald

Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.

Johann Georg Zimmermann

All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.

Jonathan Swift

I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.

Wislawa Szymborska

There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't last, it's just product fed to you by the industry.

Jimmy Buffett