I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro. This is a passionately racist country it will continue to be so in the foreseeable future.

So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldnt find honest employment.

Mark Twain

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Dalai Lama

I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available.

Hillary Clinton

The bookful blockhead ignorantly read,With loads of learned lumber in his head,With his own tongue still edifies his ears,And always list'ning to himself appears.All books he reads, and all he reads assails.

Alexander Pope

When in doubt, take more time.

John Zimmerman

Paper is poverty,... it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself.

Thomas Jefferson

A good marriage is different to a happy marriage.

Debra Winger

We are seeing healing among the stolen generations, and initiatives which are enabling Indigenous people to make their distinctive contribution to our national life.

Malcolm Fraser

When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.

Vincent Cassel

I'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.

Ben Stiller

The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest

Albert Einstein

I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.

Maurice Sendak