A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.

When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.

Alanis Morissette

My own feeling is that human happiness is a very random thing, and bestows itself willy-nilly, and there's not much deserving about the matter.

Orson Scott Card

Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men.

Audre Lorde

You attend the funeral, you bid the dead farewell. You grieve. Then you continue with your life. And at times the fact of her absence will hit you like a blow to the chest, and you will weep. But this will happen less and less as time goes on. She is dead. You are alive. So live.

Neil Gaiman

Now an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but in fact the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person. All you add is food and climate control, and some time, and the embryo becomes you or me.

Todd Akin

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Jim Rohn

If I don't need the money, I don't work.

James Spader

People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.

Joe Gibbs

It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.

Lana Turner

I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

Mark Twain

If you would attain greatness, think no little thoughts.

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I've made some bad movies. And I really enjoyed it!

Tommy Lee Jones