One of Dawkins' major gripes is against religion. I am in total agreement on that one. I abhor religion.

Hollywood's just not funny.

Chris Rock

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?

E. M. Cioran

I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.

Adam Levine

I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously.

Enrique Iglesias

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

Horace

That proves you are unusual, returned the Scarecrow; and I am convinced the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.

Lyman Frank Baum

Beauty seen is never lost.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Success, or failure, very often arrives on wings that seem mysterious to us.

Dr. Marcus Bach

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

Julia Leigh

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and pour forth in careless and picturesque phrase all the results of his studies and observation; his knowledge of men, books, and nature. On the contrary, if a man has by any chance an original idea, he hoards it as if it were old gold; and rather avoids the subject with which he is most conversant, from fear that you may appropriate his best thoughts.

Benjamin Disraeli

I think the first duty of society is justice.

Alexander Hamilton

It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it bein your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, fromreligion.

John Wooden