Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

There is nothing in the world more powerful than an idea. No weapon can destroy it; no power can conquer it except the power of another idea.

James R. Smith

Shall we judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.

Denis Diderot

America once had the clarity of the pioneer ax.

Robert Osborne

For us, with the rule of right and wrong given us by Christ, there is nothing for which we have no standard. And there is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.

Leo Tolstoy

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor, to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread.

Anatole France

The companies that make meaningful contributions while also listening to the voices of others are the ones that will genuinely engage their community, who will then go to work for them.

Simon Mainwaring

God does notice us, and He watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs.

Spencer W. Kimball

I've been gone for a long time. I really want to give the fans something that they deserve to have. So, I'm working really hard on this. I really want to make it the best work I've done so far.

Brandy Norwood

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it.

Willy Brandt

Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong-Kong.

Vita SackvilleWest

I'm not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel.

Joan Didion