My mom was always pretty supportive. She saw me do plays and she'd always act out the parts I did. My aunt, who played a big part in my life, was a little bit more reserved, because if they don't see you on TV every week they think you must be starving.

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

Dave Barry

I've got five kids and I'm married, Tommy's got two kids and he's been married, Vince just got married again, Mick's out of a relationship, Tommy's single as well. We've done a lot in our life, we've covered a lot of miles.

Nikki Sixx

Everything ends in death, everything. Death is terrible.

Leo Tolstoy

Ban partial-birth abortion except to save mother's life.

Jerry Weller

The good rain, like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.

George Orwell

Death is nature's way of saying, Your table's ready.

Robin Williams

Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.

Doug Coupland

The only reason this country is different from any place else is that once in a great while, this huge, snobbish, generally untalented news reporting business stops covering stories of interest only to itself and actually serves the public.

Jimmy Breslin

My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage.

Gerald R. Ford

Everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace.

James Gleick

All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee