Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.

Isaac Asimov

My advice to an aspiring actor would be to never stop learning or working for what you want. Nothing comes easy, ever, if you want something, you have to work for it. By working for it I mean work on your craft, learn from people who have something to teach. It's just like anything else, practice makes perfect.

James Lafferty

I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'

Nicole Kidman

And then we watched an amazing number of movies from the late '60s and '70s, which is my favorite time, and we studied their camera movements, their stocks, the way they lit stuff, the colors they used.

Ted Demme

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it. That we have carried as much political bunk as we have and still survived shows we are a super nation.

Will Rogers

On leaf of palm, on sedge-wrought roll; on plastic clay and leather scroll, man wrote his thoughts; the ages passed, and lo! the Press was found at last!

John Greenleaf Whittier

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

Laurence Sterne

My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.

Anna Deavere Smith

Saintliness is also a temptation.

Jean Anouilh

Few things are more important to each individual's future success or to our nation's prosperity than education.

Mark Kennedy

until only infinity remained of beauty

John Ashbery

I hope to continue my friendship with France and its filmmakers for many years to come.

Harvey Weinstein