If I am the pawn of the gods, it is because they know me so well, not because they make my mind up for me.

The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there.

Kurt Vonnegut

Sticks and stones are hard on bones aimed with angry art. Words can sting like anything but silence breaks the heart.

Phyllis McGinley

Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.

Ina Garten

At times I've got a really big ego. But I'll tell you the best thing about me. I'm some guy's dad I'm some little gal's dad. When I die, if they say I was Annie's husband and Zachary John and Anna Kate's father, boy, that's enough for me to be remembered by. That's more than enough.

John Denver

It is very hard to be simple enough to be good.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I believe that when you put a smile out there, you get a smile back.

Heidi Klum

It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the dear deceit of beauty.

George Eliot

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

Ayn Rand

Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

James Lipton

Everyone has a breaking point, turning point, stress point, the game is permeated with it. The fans don't see it because we make it look so efficient. But internally, for a guy to be successful, you have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.

Dave Winfield

If I went to them all dressed up and flashed a nice smile for the cameras it would probably be easier for me to get work. But I just can't tolerate it.

Charlie Hunnam

Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things.

Rem Koolhaas