To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things

My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.

Spike Milligan

Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a chivalrous gentleman, as a respecter of the rights of little nations (like little Belgium), as a highly evolved citizen of a highly civilized community, to refuse the claim of this better half to self-determination.

Percy Wynham Lewis

As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did.

Robert Benchley

My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias.

William Allen White

Imagine yourself in Harriet Tubman's shoes. Fighting to be freed from deplorable conditions. Placing one foot in front of the other, putting slavery behind you. If a petite, abused slave can rise up, fight for freedom, secure the freedom of others, and change her world, so can I. And so can you.

Susie Larson

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

Albert Camus

I've never heard of anybody getting rid of their prized Exile postcards, much less actually writing on them and sending them through the mail to a girl. I watched these two, laughing over this story at the same kitchen table they've shared for thirty years. I realize that I will never fully understand the millions of bizarre ways that music brings people together.

Rob Sheffield

You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.

David Nicholls

I have a lot of money.

Chuck Palahniuk

Giving birth was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I'd been living in a Third World country, and I said, 'I'm going to just squat behind a tree.' I basically did that but in a chair in my living room. I didn't want a sterile hospital room. I didn't want doctors. I had a midwife.

Carolyn Murphy

I definitely believe in marriage.

Michael Strahan

My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.

Benedict Cumberbatch