When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.

That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.

John Stuart Mill

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

Woody Allen

Honesty: what a refreshing slap in the face it is.

Timothy M. Brenner

Because I'm the author of my screenplays I know what I'm looking for. It's true that I can be stubborn in demanding that I get what I want, but it's also a question of working with patience and love.

Michael Haneke

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.

Salman Rushdie

Yeah, I try to be the best example I can be for young girls just as far as my person goes - just to uphold a good image.

Miranda Lambert

I was one of 14 senators to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act. I thought it was a harsh and unnecessary thing to do to people across this country who care enough about each other to want to be married.

Russ Feingold

You can change your beliefs so they empower your dreams and desires. Create a strong belief in yourself and what you want.

Marcia Wieder

Here's the thing that I think about life - if you manage to get into a space where you don't need that much, where the overhead of your life is not that great and you're pretty happy and relaxed without that much stuff, you are really liberated because you never have to say yes to something because you want another refrigerator or car!

Brit Marling

We can't form our children on our own concepts we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.

Ingrid Bergman

The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other

Diogenes Laertius