I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged.

Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot read.

Source Unknown

We assemble parliaments and councils, to have the benefit of their collected wisdom; but we necessarily have, at the same time, the inconvenience of their collected passions, prejudices, and private interests. By the help of these, artful men overpower their wisdom, and dupe its possessors; and if we may judge by the acts, arrets, and edicts, all the world over, for regulating commerce, an assembly of great men is the greatest fool upon earth.

Benjamin Franklin

I was never afraid of failure after that because, I think, coming that close to death you get kissed. With the years, the actual experience of course fades, but the flavor of it doesn't. I just had a real sense of what choice do I have but to live fully?

Debra Winger

I love being part of a company, and telling a story.

Judi Dench

God is ever present. He's in every breath, in every step. He's here, always, always.

Jill Scott

I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting.

Jim Henson

I once asked a policeman how far it was to the subway. he said, I don't know, no one has ever made it.

Rodney Dangerfield

It's interesting, because I tend to trust a man with big ears.

Mo Rocca

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

Ken Follett

I've had a lot of very positive feedback about those stories, and seem to have struck upon something that most people feel. I can also tap dance, and don't know many other authors who can.

Paul Kane

I don't like being alone.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

Frank Zappa