Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

Ezra Pound

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next.

Nora Ephron

You can't exercise your way out of a bad diet.

Mark Hyman

Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

Calvin Coolidge

Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make it an incredibly fertile place culturally. A brilliant place to live. Sad but true.

Pete Townshend

A smartphone links patients' bodies and doctors' computers, which in turn are connected to the Internet, which in turn is connected to any smartphone anywhere. The new devices could put the management of an individual's internal organs in the hands of every hacker, online scammer, and digital vandal on Earth.

Charles C. Mann

It seemed queer, in the barber's shop, to see the Anarchist notice still on the wall, explaining that tips were prohibited. The Revolution has struck off our chains, the notice said. I felt like telling the barbers that their chains would soon be back again if they didn't look out.

George Orwell

Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.

Carlos Ghosn

I'm a fan of action movies.

Kate Beckinsale

I'm almost a full-time mom.

Ekaterina Gordeeva

George Clooney's 'Ides of March' could be the most under-appreciated movie of the year. In 20 years they're gonna go back and say, 'Oh, that was American politics in that time period.' I follow politics, I love it, and that movie is so authentic.

Harvey Weinstein