Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America's flag and the ideals it represents.

One must never assume that a character is sympathetic because of either the actor playing them or the fact that they're a lead. I think that's a recipe for failure, actually, because if they become unsympathetic, you lose your audience.

Melissa Rosenberg

Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams.

Gilbert White

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot...reading is the creative center of a writer's life...you cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.

Stephen King

There are some cities that I did take time out to study, 'cause I love history and one of them was Boston, and of course Rome and all of those places like that. But, in Syracuse or Rochester, or any of those places, no.

Connie Francis

Spel chekers, hoo neeeds em?

Alan James Bean

Appetite, craving for food, is a constant and powerful stimulator of the gastric glands.

Ivan Pavlov

the materialist conception of history.

Christopher Hitchens

I like so much wearing heels, legs look so much better, everything looks better. But it's only recently I've had the courage to do that.

Blanka Vlasic

I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.

Steven Wright

I'm a really huge fan of the old romantic comedies from the '30s and '40s... Huge fan. I love all that stuff.

Thomas Jane

Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.

Elon Musk

the social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Peter Ustinov