Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression.

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?

George Bernard Shaw

The financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high.

Iain Duncan Smith

I like food. I like eating. And I don't want to deprive myself of good food.

Sarah Michelle Gellar

My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand.

William Shakespeare

One learns little more about a man from his feats of literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.

Frank Moore Colby

I love to hold people's hands when I visit hospitals, even though they are shocked because they haven't experienced anything like it before, but to me it is a normal thing to do.

Princess of Wales Diana

For lack of a better term, they've labeled me a sex symbol. It's flattering and it should happen to every bald, overweight guy.

Dennis Franz

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space.

Joyce Carol Oates

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

Jules Renard

When I'm shooting a movie, I'm always in an invisible theater seat. I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.

Michael Moore

The period of earthly life in your greater existence is similar to the 15 minutes of fame you get down here...Everyone gets to share you in a different way. And both are dreams.

Julian Casablancas

It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.

Terry Pratchett