None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

Edward W. Howe

We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about.

Sonia Braga

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Epicurus

There is the happiness which comes from creative effort. The joy of dreaming, creating, building, whether in painting a picture, writing an epic, singing a song, composing a symphony, devising new invention, creating a vast industry.

Henry Miller

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

Andy Warhol

The comedians I liked were Bill Cosby and Steven Wright, like just always as a comedic actor. I always liked Gary Larson, who's really funny for a cartoonist, obviously.

Demetri Martin

It is the useless things that make life worth living and that make life dangerous too: wine, love, art, beauty. Without them life is safe, but not worth bothering with.

Stephen Fry

The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

John Ruskin

I'm not anti-fashion, but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing.

Sade Adu

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.

Theodore Roosevelt

As a woman, my style defines my leadership. It's a gentler, more compassionate approach. I consult, I listen and I compromise where it's in the best interest of the citizens.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Arabic science throughout its golden age was inextricably linked to religion; indeed, it was driven by the need of early scholars to interpret the Qur'an.

Jim Al-Khalili