Novelists have always had complete freedom to pretty much tell their story any way they saw fit. And that's what I'm trying to do.

I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units.

Harold Ford

Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer.

Giorgio Armani

It's always overwhelming when you come to another country and you're embraced in such a positive way.

Flo Rida

There is no such thing as a moral book or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all.

Oscar Wilde

Sometimes my need to love hurts-- myself, my family, my cause. Is there a cure? Of course. But I refuse. Refuse to stop loving, to stop caring. To avoid those tears, that pain...To err on the side of passion is human and right and the only way I'll live.

Jon Krakauer

Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about.

Louis Kronenberger

Competition between footmen gave way during the second half of the 18th century to men racing against time over long distances. 'Pedestrians' (as the walkers were called) could win a very handsome fee for walking dozens -- or even hundreds -- of miles within a proscribed time. Side bets were, of course, very welcome.One of the more popular goals involved covering at least 100 miles in less than 24 hours. Those meeting this goal were (and still are) called Centurions.(quoted by Phil Howell in A Brief History of Racewalking in the United States, North American Racewalking Foundation)

William Gordon Wallace

I applaud the American Cancer Society for all they do to eradicate smoking. Their local, state and national efforts help to discourage young people from taking up this deadly habit and the resources they provide have helped numerous smokers quit.

Allyson Schwartz

On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction.

Stephen Harper

A band is not a marriage. There are no oaths of allegiance. If you feel your life will be better served by splitting up the group, you've got to do it - but of course it does cause problems.

Steve Winwood

Agreeing to disagree is a way of giving up—an admission that neither one of us has the skills, courage, or tenacity to work it out!

Suzanne Mayo Frindt

The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find.

Freda Adler