I wanted to make a movie, because the whole life of the movies appealed to me. You work hard for three or four months, then you don't work at all for a couple of months.

[T]his is an enemy for life, as well as an enemy of life.

Christopher Hitchens

A Jewish beggar is not impossible, perhaps; such a thing may exist, but there are few men that can say they have seen that spectacle.

Mark Twain

If you want to be certain, you should never get married. You should never change jobs. In fact, you might as well just stay home. Because I don't know anybody who is certain. That need to be certain is just procrastination.

Mark Burnett

I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.

Vivienne Westwood

If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

William Lyon Phelps

He'd felt like a jack-o-lantern for the past few days, as if his guts had been yanked out with a fork and dumped in a heap while a grinning smile stayed plastered on his face.

Cassandra Clare

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word 'frustration'.

Alan Perlis

I don't claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every Sunday I'm home I teach 45 minutes and we boiled them down to one page for the new book, 'Through the Year with Jimmy Carter.'

Jimmy Carter

Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honor.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Love, and do what you like.

Saint Augustine

We shouldn't be debating whether to deal with the current code by allowing it to be extended or not. We should have a president who shows leadership and comes to Congress and says: 'You know what? We need to reform this whole tax code.'

Rob Portman

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

John Pierpont Morgan