I think there's nothing better than laughing in life, so that's nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It's 'cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that's fine.

I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had.

Michael Connelly

I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women.

Doris Lessing

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world. Precisely the ultimate and most sublime values have retreated from public life either into the transcendental realm of mystic life or into the brotherliness of direct and personal human relations. It is not accidental that our greatest art is intimate and not monumental.

Max Weber

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Elie Wiesel

I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.

Mae West

I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.

Steve Ballmer

Silicon Valley is a graveyard. Failure is Silicon Valley's greatest strength.

Source Unknown

A lot of people say to me, Why did you kill Christ? I dunno... it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know. We killed him because he didn't want to become a doctor, that's why we killed him.

Lenny Bruce

Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

Bible

Do not become someone else just because you are hurt. Be who you are

Santosh Kalwar

We have that illusion that we are 'deciding' what to make a character do, in order to 'convey our message' or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide who's been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water.

George Saunders

Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.

Remy de Gourmont