The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.

Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do.

Mel Gibson

Many museums are drawing audiences with art that is ostensibly more entertaining than stuff that just sits and invites contemplation. Interactivity, gizmos, eating, hanging out, things that make noise - all are now the norm, often edging out much else.

Jerry Saltz

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

Will Durant

People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who you're directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable.

Martin Amis

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

Benjamin Disraeli

Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.

Mason Cooley

I had a lot of dates but I decided to stay home and dye my eyebrows.

Andy Warhol

I am going to show you great and mighty things which no one has ever seen before.... I am going to take you places where no one has ever been. I am going to take you to heights where no one has ever reached. If you will only come to me with all your heart, I will do a mighty work in you, which no man can undo but yourself.

M.J. Chrisman

I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.

Amy Poehler

It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.

Malcolm Forbes

The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.

Ambrose Bierce

Better be alone than in bad company.

Thomas Fuller