“ A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon. Nathaniel Hawthorne
“ In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad. Lance Bass
“ Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy. James Earl Jones
“ Being a rock star is like being a cult leader - you really have to be in your own religion. Courtney Love
“ Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it. John Henrik Clarke
“ One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime. Robert Morgan
“ Do not make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans or they will treat you like dogs. Martha Scott
“ Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw
“ When videotape came so a lot of movies that I do have a kind of afterlife in video. Things where movies that I do would come and go they still come and go but you can go rent them and see them on TV. Christopher Walken
“ What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Henry David Thoreau
“ It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test. Mahalia Jackson
“ When you talk about obesity, there's so many things that can cause that. It can be a medical thing, or down to the individual. There's a lot of other things involved than eating a Mars bar. Peter Shilton
“ Do what you love. Know your own bone gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Henry David Thoreau
