I'm a mum, so my wardrobe consists of sweaters and jeans. As long as I don't leave the house forgetting my jeans, I count that as a fashion success.

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

Lucille Ball

I'm not trying to be romantic. I think you can tell when people are trying to be sexy onstage. When I was doing 'All the Way,' I was really thinking about my wife. People don't know my personal experience, but they can tell it's an honest interpretation.

Harry Connick, Jr.

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.

James A. Garfield

Sometimes, he said, I think life is just one long series of blown opportunities.

Jack McDevitt

I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of the school.

Chris Rock

When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.

Robert Mapplethorpe

My painting teacher in high school used to say, 'I can't paint like I want to, but through practice I'll get better.' But I don't think that's true. I think sometimes you just can't paint.

Ellie Kemper

Science is feasible when the variables are few and can be enumerated; when their combinations are distinct and clear. We are tending toward the condition of science and aspiring to do it. The artist works out his own formulas; the interest of science lies in the art of making science.

Paul Ambroise Valery

Have faith in the universe and its capability to lead you to the path of abundance.

Stephen Richards

Truth is like a torch; the more it is shook it shines.

Sir William Hamilton

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

Samuel Johnson

A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers.

Eddie Cantor