Random Quotes

My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing.

Annette Bening American Actress

Is this the situation in the modern Conservative party? That women should be seen and not heard?

Harriet Harman British Politician

Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.

Krist Novoselic American Musician

Where does virgin wool come from? The sheep that runs the fastest.

Harry F. Banks

In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child.

Suzanne Farrell American Dancer

The truth is, man is hereunto led by reason which is his nature.

Algernon Sydney English Politician

Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.

Carolyn Gold Heilbrun American Author

I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don't do anything that outlandish anyway.

Julia Stiles American Actress

Sometimes it was tough doing take after take upside down! I did a lot of that sort of thing.

John Astin American Actor

Political rivals attacked me. I was savagely beaten. I was kicked in the face and I lost my eye as a result.

Jean-Marie Le Pen French Politician

Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life.

Jeanne Moreau French Actress

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

William Hazlitt English Critic

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

Francis Bacon English Philosopher

And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it.

Duane G. Carey American Astronaut

I see by your letter to my father that you are rather afraid the French may invade England.

William John Wills English Scientist

I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun.

Jared Diamond American Author

Seek not for fresher founts afar, just drop you bucket where you are.

Sam Walter Foss American Poet

You could mention my name in any hallway in any academic institution and you would have people foaming at the mouth.

David Horowitz American Writer

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.

Robert Brault

Sexuality itself means mortality - equally for both man and woman.

Leon Kass American Educator