If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

Jodie Foster

Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

Oscar Wilde

If you're alive, there's a purpose for your life.

Rick Warren

I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.

Charlie Chaplin

I would argue that we have a generation of young people, particularly minorities, who are no longer putting up with the kinds of things their parents put up with. They're much more self-confident. It's no longer acceptable to make fun of people because of race or sex. But it has always been present in American society.

Donna Shalala

I could really use a corporate sponsor. People think that because you're in the movies, you're rich. I have allocated all my resources to Shambala so the animals will always be safe.

Tippi Hedren

I think she is confused by the way I want her, which is like nobody else. I know this deep down. I want her in a new way, a way she's never been told about.

Louise Erdrich

In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite, conventional standard of wealth.

Thorstein Veblen

Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised in the confines of his mother's home.

Shirin Ebadi

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

Clifton Fadiman

the reverse side of love is unbearable loss.

Susan Abulhawa

I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

Michelle Obama