Be sure you positively identify your target before you pull the trigger.

Be sure you positively identify your target before you pull the trigger.

Secular humanists suspect there is something more gloriously human about resisting the religious impulse; about accepting the cold truth, even if that truth is only that the universe is as indifferent to us as we are to it.

The Santa myth is one of the most effective means ever devised for intimidating children, eroding their self- esteem, twisting their behavior, warping their values, and slowing their development of critical thinking skills.

Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.

Once in a while, I need to go out of my way to do different films, to exploit all commercial angles to cater to the masses.

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.

My ex-boyfriend said, 'You have a better chance of getting elected to Congress than getting on the staff of a television show.' Which was the perfect thing for him to say, because my entire career is, 'Well, screw you.' And we broke up.

I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human.

I'm blessed because I had my mom as a teacher - sixth through eighth grade - and she is one of the best teachers I've ever had.

I can't see as well as I used to. Which is actually convenient because everything I see is in extremely soft focus! I think that's God's little gift to me.

I don't want to do the same thing over and over again.

Monogamy is not a choice, it is a responsibility of a genuine human.

I really felt it was time for a new vision.

I am the world's worst diabetic.

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.

I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough - when they are on the very brink of success.

My heart has been resuscitated as a result of becoming a mom.

If I lost my job, I'd get a job at McDonald's.

I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.

Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because the broker was someone with a much higher tolerance for risk than the banker.

If we stick together as an American people we can bring down the war criminals that are running our country right now.

I want to improve cricket at the district level because lot of hardworking players come from districts. We have produced so many great players, but now we don't have players in the Indian team. My intention is to work hard for the game of cricket.

Art class was my thing, but not any other class.

I'll always be an amateur photographer.

And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee.

Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice.

If you write a written book, you're gonna get slowed up by lawyers wanting to see what you say about this person, that person - I couldn't be bothered with it.