I think people need to have fun with whatever they're doing - makeup, their clothes, music, live shows - anything you don't need to take too seriously, don't take too seriously.

I mean, every child at one stage dreams of being a prince or a princess.

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs.

Niklaus Wirth

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

Bill Gates

A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.

Andrew Vachss

A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles -- whose needs are never satisfied and desires never fulfilled -- is vulnerable to manipulation and regimentation. The struggle for survival is, above all, an exercise that is hugely time-consuming, absorbing and debilitating. If you create these anti-conditions, your rule is guaranteed for a hundred years.

Ryszard Kapuscinski

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Oscar Wilde

I don't really remember a time younger than 5 years old that I didn't have skates on because all I can remember is every day, tying up my skates and a big smile on my face, excited to go on the ice.

Michelle Kwan

My buildings are more famous than me.

Jean Nouvel

All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.

Gordie Howe

My wife disagrees with 100 percent of what I say. That's the same marriage I have.

Curtis Sliwa

My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.

Al Pacino

O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!

Ben Jonson