Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.

In particular, it is absurd to hope to banish envy of other people's possessions or fortunes, if only because the spirit of envy can lead to emulation and ambition and have positive consequences.

Christopher Hitchens

I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was worth millions of dollars. I didn't have to work anymore in life because when the rappers started sampling... I'm the most sampled artist in history.

Rick James

I have two younger sisters and I'm such an advocate of owning who you are as a person. Don't be ashamed or intimidated. Never feel like you are not amazing.

Khloe Kardashian

None merits the name of Creator but God and the poet.

Torquato Tasso

It answers the question that was tormenting you: my love, you are not 'one thing in my life' - not even the most important - because my life no longer belongs to me because...you are always me.

Jean Paul Sartre

On Alexander Lukashenko: I wish luck to you and your nation that loves you as the election results we can see testify (as quoted in Results of the official visit of Silvio Berlusconi to Belarus, 1 Dec. 2009, from belarus.by, the official website of the Republic of Belarus

Silvio Berlusconi

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

Henri Nouwen

I don't want to be famous as a movie star and have the whole world love me, I want to be a creative actress.

Juliette Lewis

I am a Democrat. I have been one all of my life.

Jane Byrne

Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.

Tony Robbins

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

Natalie Portman