Random Quotes

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

Jean Rostand French Scientist

I don't know what it is that I'm doing, but I'm really enjoying myself. And I'm free to do it as much as I want.

Anna Paquin Canadian Actress

The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today.

Marty Meehan American Politician

Anybody can be a runner... We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport.

Bill Rodgers American Athlete

After the verb 'to Love,' 'to Help' is the most beautiful verb in the world.

Bertha von Suttner Austrian Novelist

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.

Diane Arbus American Photographer

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

Edith Sitwell British Poet

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your own soul's doing.

Marie Carmichael Stopes Scottish Author

I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are.

Nora Ephron American Author

The sky hides the night behind it, and shelters the people beneath from the horror that lies above.

Paul Bowles American Composer

We have the tools, but we have to learn how to use them. That is my political philosophy.

Harri Holkeri Finnish Politician

I wrote on a show called Johnny Bravo when I was at Hanna-Barbera.

Seth MacFarlane American Cartoonist

I felt a responsibility to present a viable alternative to the popular electric sound.

Ron Carter American Musician

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.

Simone Weil French Philosopher

And I think I have a perspective about Hollywood that you don't see very often in the press.

Patricia Heaton American Actress

It's like night and day... to do business, in Europe, there is no bull, they are pretty straightforward.

Caprice Bourret American Model

I'm not a politician. I'm not a lawyer. I'm just a country boy.

Max Burns American Politician

The best performers in Europe are those who use their welfare states to help people adjust to change.

John Monks British Leader

So war is an extremely sad business, because the majority of people don't want to be in it.

Gerald Scarfe British Artist

I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.

Rachel Griffiths American Actress