I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Friedrich Nietzsche

Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home.

John Dewey

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

Bertrand Russell

I understand a woman who validates herself by getting attention from the opposite sex. I have a friend who is that to a T... Doesn't mean she isn't a good person. That's a funny character to play.

Cheryl Hines

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

W. H. Auden

Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.

Woody Allen

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

John W. Gardner

Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left.

David Bowie

It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above paying anybody to do something stupid for money like reality television does - like ambushing people.

Genevieve Gorder

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together.

Joseph Joubert

My dad, he is such a soft man. Even if he has these opinions about my boyfriends, he will be the sweetest guy. He will make you feel like you're fascinating and awesome, even if he doesn't like you that much.

Amanda Seyfried