Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure.

Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure.

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.

There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth.

To whom, then, must I dedicate my wonderful, surprising and interesting adventures? to whom dare I reveal my private opinion of my nearest relations? the secret thoughts of my dearest friends? my own hopes, fears, reflections and dislikes? Nobody!

I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.

People who live together naturally catch the looks and air of one another and without having one feature alike, they contract a something in the whole countenance which strikes one as a resemblance.

We continually say things to support an opinion, which we have given, that in reality we don't above half mean.

I've always wanted to make sure people are okay, ever since I was a little girl.

The more of your private life you put into the public domain, the smaller your private life becomes.

It is time to end the discrimination against people who need treatment for chemical addiction. It is time for Congress to deal with our Nation's number one public health problem.

Working with Shankar is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

I don't like the sound of my voice or how I look or anything.

I enjoyed being a teammate of Deion Sanders. He brings different elements to the game that many people would not even realize, and to watch and witness a superior talent like him and watch him prepare and train, and study the game is truly amazing.

I came here when I was 20. I came to go to school, but I ended up working for Halston as an assistant. That happened in a very strange way. My father had a meeting with Halston. And my father said to me, 'Join me. I want you to meet this amazing American designer.' And I happened to just tag along, and Halston offered me a job.

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.

When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to try to be so good that sometimes I couldn't bear it any more.

Obviously Mad TV, SNL are one kind of show, whereas The State belongs to the kind of show that is entirely conceived written and performed by a set group that existed before the TV show.

The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream... Hang in there.

There is no lighter burden nor more agreeable than a pen.

Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until we have reached a balanced budget by 2017.

I am my own man now; I can think for myself, whereas when I was 20, 21, I always wanted to please others.

I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.

Geoff Johns is super talented, super smart.

You do manage a somewhat religious attitude toward your art. It is a calling rather than a job.

When you walk out of your apartment, you think about performing; you do not think about how your opponent looks. So I think the advice from me to everybody is just to go out there and have fun.

A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.

The Fed's independence is critical.

If Australia finds it has a strong Australian dollar, and it has higher unemployment, then it would have to respond, and that would either be by increasing domestic demand or by weakening its own currency.

Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.

It took me a good decade of hiding in my house and not going outside to even, like, get my arms around this idea of celebrity, where suddenly people are looking for you to pick your nose or get a shot of you kissing some woman. It's a very discombobulating thing.