I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody stands for anything. That world has no convictions, no victories, no unions, no heroism, no absolutes, no heartbeat. That world has rigor mortis.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness . . . it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair . . . in short, the period was so far like the present period . . . .

Charles Dickens

Patience was not my strong point.

Lauren Bacall

The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.

William Sloane Coffin Jr.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

Johann von Goethe

African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obama's left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss.

Alveda King

It began as this desire to do this science fiction movie about perhaps one of the last insects left that nobody's done anything on, which is the cockroach - and truly one of the most frightening insects.

Michael O'Donoghue

But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and sight me - as well as Alex and Neil - as a musician who has been a positive influence on their playing.

Geddy Lee

I think we should all be tolerant of each other and embrace each others' strengths and differences and uniqueness and beauty.

Martina McBride

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.

Elizabeth Ashley

This is what speaking truth to power really means.

Charles Foster Johnson

To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature.

William Shakespeare

Well, there's nothing more touching than putting a smile on a kid's face when you can.

Emma Roberts