When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.

In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination.

When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.

I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats.

My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.

We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love.

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell.

Conscience: self-esteem with a halo.

God has been incredible in creating us to be persons.

Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.

I want to point out, there are a lot of politicians who enjoy the political end of politics, but they're not interested in governance. And then, there are some that are really interested in governance and are just terrible at politics.

As a soprano who sings 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' I have the high notes and the trills. No problems there. But going into the low registers is lots of work.

Any club is important. All Latin music movements are born in clubs. There is no better research than going to a club. If your music works, it will bounce up.

Theres a superstition among falconers that a hawks ability is inversely proportional to the ferocity of its name. Call a hawk Tiddles and it will be a formidable hunter call it Spitfire or Slayer and it will probably refuse to fly at all.

One of the eternal truths is that happiness is created and developed in peace, and one of the eternal rights is the individual's right to live.

I was an accidental banker. To please my parents, I went for an interview with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1983. They promised to send me into their offices in more than 40 countries and essentially audit the practices. It was an extraordinary job.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

'Romeo And Juliet' is the classic love story. When two lovers are separated and trying to get back to one another, that's fiercely romantic and something you become glued to.

I've never attended any Tea Party functions.

Sweeter than the perfume of roses is a reputation for a kind, charitable, unselfish nature; a ready disposition to do to others any good turn in your power.

When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.

I want to write music that's going to appeal to everyone.

No issue can be negotiated unless you first have the clout to compel negotiation.

When cheese gets its picture taken what does it say

Music is, of course, a universal emotional experience, cutting across cultures and languages. I studied piano for ten years as a child and consider that experience one of the most valuable in my life.

I look forward to the day when half our homes are run by men and half our companies and institutions are run by women. When that happens, it won't just mean happier women and families; it will mean more successful businesses and better lives for us all.

I hate to see anybody sink. I hate to see anybody lose their dream, lose their home, something like that.

Just because one persons problem is less traumatic than anothers doesnt mean theyre required to hurt less

Finding original source material is not easy, but when something special like 'Edge of Tomorrow' comes along, everybody recognized it. I wasn't swimming against the stream. Warner Brothers immediately supported it, Tom Cruise signed on instantly; Emily Blunt, who was our first choice, signed on immediately.

Your mind wants control. Life wants change.

Allah does not withhold to withhold. Remaking the heart was the objective. To remake it, He sometimes breaks it first.

Do nothing, and nothing happens. Life is about decisions. You either make them or they're made for you, but you can't avoid them.