This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.

Tori Amos

Scent is the strongest tie to memory.

Maggie Stiefvater

Now the church is not wood and stone, but the company of people who believe in Christ.

Martin Luther King Jr.

I love the idea that somebody is going to compare me to my character or think that I am like my character when they see me. I feel like that is a role that I am willing to fulfill.

Monique Coleman

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gongthese are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.

Sir Winston Churchill

You must betrue to yourself.Strong enough to betrue to yourself.Brave enough to bestrong enough to betrue to yourself.Wise enough to bebrave enough to bestrong enough toshape yourself from whatyou actually are.

Sylvia AshtonWarner, (in Myself)

I would love to do a biopic of a famous singer, like Diana Ross or Donna Summer, or an old jazz story that we haven't seen before. I would love to do that! I would love to play Diana Ross 'cause she's an icon. I'm salivating to do that.

Taraji P. Henson

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

General George Patton

Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest.

Stephen King

This morning I was laughing at my cat who was running up the stairs and slipped, and pretended like it didn't happen.

Jayma Mays

On the question of whether a behavioral science can in principle be constructed, we shall take no sides. That some kinds of human behavior can be described and even predicted in terms of objectively verifiable and quantifiable data seems to us to have been established.

Anatol Rapoport

To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on.

William Shakespeare