I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together.

There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people.

Anwar Sadat

I don't think I'm beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I just see me - and, I'm pretty used to me.

Melanie Griffith

Truth's like a dollar-piece, it's got two sides, and both are wanted to make it good currency.

John Buchan

Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are most insubstantial, it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a sword.

Richard Whately

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

Rebecca West

The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the Right Honorable Gentleman for four and a half years.

Aneurin Bevan

My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.

Cole Porter

The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man embraces in the woman all that is not himself, and from that one resultant, from that embrace, comes every new action.

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

Charles R. Swindoll

It has become necessary for me to have this woman, so as to save myself from the ridicule of being in love with her: for to what lengths will a man not be driven by thwarted desire?

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Jack London

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

Stanley Kubrick