Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.

The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches.

Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.

Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.

Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation.

I'm my own favorite artist, but I love everybody's music.

I have to admit that I am really partial to the look and feel of a book. I have been that way my entire life.

Now, when I play soul piano, for instance, and I play a rendition of 'Spain,' I do it deconstructively. That's the most fun, but I can only do that when I'm on my own.

The challenge in a startup is you hit a lot of turbulence, and you want people who understand that it's just turbulence and not a crisis.

I do not favor or support, nor will I vote for, a pathway to citizenship for people that are here who've broken the law. I would support - after we have developed a secure border - a mechanism for allowing those folks to work here in America... Everything that we should do should be based on good, sound policy and what's right for America.

Of all the movies I've done in my life, the one where I play a crazy awful psycho woman finds me my husband.

If I had some information, the last thing I would ever do with it is send it to Wikileaks.

Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.

Veal, by definition, is the product of a sick, anemic, deliberately malnourished calf, a newborn dragged away from his mother in the first hours of life. Veal calves are dealt the harshest of punishments for the least essential of meats.

A liberal is a man or woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.

I take a lot of ladies' vitamins, because I never buy my own and that's what's in the house. More iron.

Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.

The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.

Consider everyone trustworthy until they prove otherwise.

In my personal belief, the big problem with climate change is getting people to understand the magnitude and scale that we're dealing with. If you buy a vehicle that gets 35 miles to the gallon, that means nothing; it's not enough. We need to make changes across society and in every piece of the energy pie.

In comedy you have to be willing to not take yourself seriously, you know? I take comedy really seriously, and so to take comedy seriously, you must not, you cannot, ever take yourself seriously.

I run to see who has the most guts.

I started dancing ballet when I was very young, so my background really is dance. But I remember loving the feeling of being on a stage and having a love for performing from a young age.

Sometimes it feels like there aren't enough hours in a day to get everything done.

'Ouch' is not independent of social training. One has only to prick a foreigner to appreciate that it is an English word.

Diseases crucify the soul of man attenuate our bodies dry them wither them rivel them up like old apples make them as so many Anatomies.

I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.

I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy.

Age steals away all things, even the mind.