One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.

A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.

Love is sweeping the country.

One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.

Life is one long jubilee.

I know that I'm not my body, and I also know that you're not yours.

Do you have any idea what Ali meant to black people? He was the leader of a nation, the leader of Black America. As a young black, at times I was ashamed of my color; I was ashamed of my hair. And Ali made me proud.

When people come to my shows, they're like, 'I can't believe you can actually freaking sing!'

There will be no 'Mommie Dearest' in the lives of my children, and no books like the one the Crosby boy wrote about Bing, or Bette Davis's daughter has written. My children love me very much, and they are loved.

Taste is so much more important than fashion.

Spiderman can climb walls and he's got a cool outfit.

It's okay to lose. Losing teaches you something. Having to try and going through the trials and tribulations to actually overcome, to get there to win, to triumph, that's what makes life interesting.

Ninety percent of selling is conviction and 10 percent is persuasion.

When Superman came out it galvanized the entire industry. It's just part of the American scene.

I grew up in California, and when I read that Proposition 8 was on the ballot, I was disappointed because it seemed to be inconsistent with the spirit of the state, with the independence and diversity of the frontier that California has always been.

It still amazes me when I look at some of the films I've been a part of, and some of the people I've gotten to meet and work with. I also look back sometimes and realize that I was lucky to have lived through them and even to have survived them, at times.

I'm kind of a grandma, so I like cooking for my boyfriend and watching a movie. I cook a lot, actually. I'll make bacon-wrapped asparagus, steak, and pesto pasta with chicken...but we go out to dinner a fair amount, too.

Well, my wife always says to me, and I think it's true, it's very difficult for us to understand the Elizabethan understanding and enjoyment and perception of form as it is to say... it would be for them to understand computers or going to the moon or something.

Everyone must have a voice, and everyone deserves clarity.

I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track.

All of my activities are so pedestrian. The extreme sport I play is ping pong. And we play it hard. If any of you suckers want to step up to the table, be ready.

I have no political ambitions whatsoever. My ambitions are all about what XL can become.

Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot.

Every year, I do a New Year's day party at my home. I invite my staff and my friends and their kids. Around 40-50 people come by, and I do a barbecue and salads, steak and sushi, and also lots of cheese.

Right now, too many women who reach retirement age find themselves widowed or single, relying on their Social Security check for over half of their income.

Normal science does not aim at novelties of fact or theory and, when successful, finds none.

I was praised in the U.S. and heavily, brutally criticized in France.

The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness.

I'm addicted to a really tough workout. I like to be drenched in sweat when I'm done because I feel accomplished.