Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

Dick Gregory

I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema.

Joe Wright

I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss?

Alice Hoffman

I'm jamming 'Black Sabbath Vol. 4' all the time. Zappa's 'Cruising With Ruben &amp The Jets.' A lot of Gong lately. Some Hawkwind. The Residents' 'Duck Stab' is amazing. Some Fugs. Lots of stuff, man. I'm pretty schizophrenic with records.

Ty Segall

Of all the many people we meet in a lifetime,it is strange that so many of us find ourselves in thrall to one particular person. Once that face is seen,an involuntary heartache sets in for which there is no cure. All the wonder of this world finds shape in that one person and thereafter there is no reprieve, because this kind of love does not end,or not until death.

Rosie Alison

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

Adlai E. Stevenson

Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are.

Patricia Velasquez

You're arguing that the fragile, rare thing is beautiful simply because it is fragile and rare. But that's a lie, and you know it.

John Green

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

Charles Babbage

Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it

Eli Ginzberg

The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.

David Ogilvy

if we possess a why of life we can put up with almost any how.

Friedrich Nietzsche