I'm not really a morning person.

Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.

Maxim Gorky

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom -- these are the pillars of society.

Henrik Ibsen

The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of other men! A weird life it is, indeed, to be living always in somebody else's imagination, as if that were the only place in which one could at last become real.

Thomas Merton

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.

Gertrude Stein

Leaders at the highest levels of our government are undertaking a deliberate and systematic effort to redefine our government, our economy and our country.

Marco Rubio

Composers shouldn't think too much -- it interferes with their plagiarism.

Howard Dietz

One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper.

Michael Cunningham

In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic.

Don DeLillo

Doing things like playing music, something that's so natural and basic to human function, running around in nature, eating delicious food. These things are intrinsic in basic, primordial to human beings, so that's sort of a way to return to a blank canvas, allowing my true personality to return.

Ezra Miller

All I know is that I've ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings, and now I realize that's not cool anymore.

Isla Fisher

No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.

Edward Abbey

The most impactful way consumers can assert their power is to become mindful shoppers, giving their dollars only to socially responsible companies. In today's world of social media and smart phones, this is easy to do.

Simon Mainwaring