I never trusted good-looking boys.

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

Sir William Temple

Picking a best friend who stands up for what she believes in, is true to herself and allows you to be yourself without judgement of how 'cool' you are? Well, now you're picking a friend for life.

Renee Olstead

don't trouble the trouble if you don't want the trouble to trouble you.

Hlovate

Telling others about oneself is...no simple matter. It depends on what we think they think we ought to be like

Jerome Bruner, Making Stories: L

It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail.

David Merrick

I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged.

Jim DeMint

Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.

Margaret Cavendish

To be a character who feels a deep emotion, one must go into the memory's vault and mix in a sad memory from one's own life.

Albert Finney

The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me.

Stella McCartney

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.

Karl Marx

If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.

William Congreve

I don't need plastic in my body to validate me as a woman.

Courtney Love