I left because I could no longer make records that sounded less and less like me. I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.

The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

Mae West

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

It is only when you despair of all ordinary means, it is only when you convince it that it must help you or you perish, that the seed of life in you bestirs itself to provide a new resource.

Robert Collier

Ive had the best possible chance of learning that what the working-classes really need is to be allowed some part in the direction of public affairs, Doctorto develop their abilities, their understanding and their self-respect.

Henrik Ibsen

When we're children we're told love is going to be great: Just fall in love, the rest will take care of itself - and then we fall in love and we realize, Okay, this is actually really, really hard work. This guy doesn't just tell me I'm great every day, you know?

Jewel Kilcher

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It was Neuberger who first taught me how to do research, both technically and as a way of life, and I owe much to him.

Frederick Sanger

Well I talk a little about that, but I don't admit that from the beginning I knew we were not meant to be together.

Jodi Picoult

Having more money does not insure happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.

Hobart Brown

My mother had morning sickness after I was born.

Rodney Dangerfield

I don't usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it's true - I'm scary.

Eva Mendes

We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that's a marvelous thing.

Billy Graham