When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.

I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

We will hang you, never fear, Most politely, most politely.

He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist.

No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have, and I think he's a dirty little beast.

Man is nature's sole mistake.

In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.

If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven't a chance.

You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.

And I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

The House of Peers, throughout the war, did nothing in particular, and did it very well.

When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.

My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.

Philosophy is for the few.

So many groups fail because they spend all their time in the clubs. Work pours in and they can't handle it because of late-night drinking.

Chechens are Muslim, and some share the belief that the West is engaged in a global campaign against Islam.

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

I get a lot of letters from prisoners. They say things you can't imagine.

I am taking a break, but not a huge break because the Maiden record is actually happening right now, and I am recording it as we speak, well not right as we speak, but close.

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen.

Don't tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you travelled.

I've been in tankers for 50 years, and I like it. For me, it's still fun.

Skinny jeans are usually my go to jean. I do bootleg every once in a while, boyfriend jeans I feel like are so hard to pull off! Skinny jeans are very easy and you can kind of pair anything with them and it will work: heels and boots or nice top or flouncy top.

Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about the same level as in 1968 when Dr. King died.

The man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor.

A lie cannot live.

I prefer sayings over jokes.

Why don't you compare me to Sally Jessy Raphael?

A Bollywood hero, for most people, has been a Raj, a Rahul or a Prem... it's now a part of the psyche.

I don't know how doctors pick one specialty over another. Some you can understand. Pediatricians. Or gynecologists delivering babies, bringing a new life into the world, but how does someone want to be a proctologist? How can you fall in love with proctology?

I can now check Oregon off the 'marathon in every state list.'

It was darn nigh impossible for women in rock in the '70s. There wasn't a mold if you were a woman and you were in the entertainment in the '70s. You were probably a disco diva or a folk singer, or simply ornamental. Radio would play only one woman per hour.

What are the things that you can’t see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love. You can’t see any of those, but they’re the guiding lights of a life.

When I get on a roll with something, it's really hard for me to put it down unfinished.

I have written about Chile extensively, and therefore I have read many books on the subject, mostly for research.

A lot of times, I feel like people come up to me because they think I'm like my character in 'Easy A', or because they've seen me in interviews, but really what they're a fan of is a movie or a character.

If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board and the unanswered mail will have to manage without me if one of the books is a detective story.