I'm privileged, because I have a lot of freedom. I want to use it to make as warm and normal a life as I can for our daughters.

I always thought of losing my virginity as a career move.

Madonna

All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word.

Martin Luther King Jr.

There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.

Xenophon

The only good thing to do with good advice is pass it on; it is never of any use to oneself.

Oscar Wilde

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.

Plutarch

To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one's manhood.

Myriam Miedzian

Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; but, the moment she is pressed hard by an enemy, she is nowhere to be found and leaves the brunt of the battle to be fought by her steady, humble comrade, religion.

Charles Caleb Colton

There is never just one thing that leads to success for anyone. I feel it always a combination of passion, dedication, hard work, and being in the right place at the right time.

Lauren Conrad

A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service.

Wolfgang Puck

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Johann von Goethe

It always depresses me when people moan about how commercial Christmas is. I love everything about it. The tradition of having this great big feast, slap bang in the middle of winter, is an essential thing to look forward to at the end of the year.

Richard E. Grant

Every thing in nature contains all the powers of nature. Every thing is made of one hidden stuff.

Ralph Waldo Emerson