Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

A man is not good or bad for one action.

Thomas Fuller

One half of our brethren who fight and pay taxes, are excluded, like Helots, from the rights of representation, as if society were instituted for the soil, and not for the men inhabiting it; or one half of these could dispose of the rights and the will of the other half, without their consent.

Thomas Jefferson

Today, the ideal male is the gay man and the ideal female is the worker female, the woman who can work in a coal mine just like all the other men.

Camille Anna Paglia, From a comm

A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.

Proverb

Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.

Edward F. Halifax

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Mahatma Gandhi

I could never have a better teacher in those days than my father.

Tony Visconti

The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limits. Now you have to fly 15,000ft above the war zone to avoid getting hit. I don't think there is any point in having wars if that's how you're going to behave. It's pathetic. All this whining!

Rupert Everett

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

Hilary Swank

I would absolutely, definitely never sell my wedding pictures to a magazine. I'd like it to be a special day, not a photo shoot. And once you've done that, your marriage becomes everybody else's business.

Katherine Jenkins

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

Marilyn Monroe

An artist is always alone -- if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

Henry Miller