If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.

Gay marriage is the last bastion of, to me... as a legal, ceremonial, sentimental and religious side, it's one of the last steps. Retaining your job being one of the earlier steps, like, not getting kicked out of your job because you're gay.

Gus Van Sant

I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.

Bob Ehrlich

The books are funny and sad, and that's what people respond to.

Paula Danziger

I just can't say enough about the actors having faith and trust in the writers and the writers having faith and trust in the actors.

Kyle Chandler

We may not all break the Ten Commandments, but we are certainly all capable of it. Within us lurks the breaker of all laws, ready to spring out at the first real opportunity.

Isadora Duncan

Yes, I, well, when I write, as often as I can, I try to write as if I'm talking to people. It doesn't always work, and one shouldn't always try it, but I try and write as if I am talking, and trying to engage the reader in conversation.

Christopher Hitchens

Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.

Hans J. Morgenthau

Everything has combined to make my life in New York an amazing experience. I told my manager a few years ago that I wanted to move here and try acting in the theater.

Mariska Hargitay

Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.

Miguel de Cervantes

There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.

David Letterman

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

Pogo

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

Lord Peter Wimsey