When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

Yes, I've kissed a lot of guys. I like to kiss, but that's it. I don't go home with anyone. I sleep with my animals, like my baby monkey, Brigitte Bardot.

Paris Hilton

I'd already made the decision before I'd even read it-just because it was John Sayles. Then when I read it, the themes were actually themes that have been a big part of my life.

Mary Steenburgen

This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.

Adam Smith

The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor - all conductors are white - ask a Negro woman to get up and take a seat farther back in order to make a place for a white man. I have also seen white men requested to leave the Negro section of the car.

Ray Stannard Baker

Well, success does not mean doing well.

Shirley MacLaine

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty. But I am too busy thinking about myself.

Dame Edith Sitwell

That is the ultimate power, to stare death in the face and be unafraid.

Orson Scott Card

The history of the world is the world's court of justice.

Friedrich Schiller

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see nothing but sea.

Francis Bacon

Christians need a new filling of the Holy Spirit to love those who disagree with them. And the greatest expression of love is to share with them the most precious thing a Christian has, which is the good news of the salvation of Jesus Christ.

Brother Andrew

Can I touch your mango?

Cassandra Clare

As the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks draws near we must ensure our nation is prepared to handle the continued threat of violence and terrorism on our country.

Leonard Boswell