Do I think human beings are meant to be in 40-year-long monogamous, faithful, relationships? No, No, No. Whoever said they were? Only the Bible or something. No one ever said that was a good idea. – Hugh Grant
Some said he couldn’t take on the insurance companies that were ripping us off. But President Obama made the tough and right call to save lives, save Medicare and ensure no one goes broke just because they get sick. – Harry Reid
Theory states that Allah’s law is cruel and unfair, but Allah himself has said that his law is indeed fair. – Hassanal Bolkiah
You can look at what I did in the Senate. I did introduce legislation to rein in compensation. I looked at ways that the shareholders would have more control over what was going on in that arena. And specifically said to Wall Street, that what they were doing in the mortgage market was bringing our country down. – Hillary Clinton
If coming events are said to cast their shadows before, past events cannot fall to leave their impress behind them. – Helena Blavatsky
I was always the smallest role in community theater and school plays. I always had two lines – I was the kid that came on stage and said one thing and then left, and that was my part for the play. – Haley Lu Richardson
It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool. – Harold MacMillan
You know, one of the things my husband says when people say ‘Well, what did you bring to Washington,’ he said, ‘Well, I brought arithmetic.’ – Hillary Clinton
I laughed when Steven Spielberg said that cloning extinct animals was inevitable. But I’m not laughing anymore, at least about mammoths. This is going to happen. It’s just a matter of working out the details. – Hendrik Poinar
I was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, for a while, about which the less said the better, and then I was in the Mediterranean, about which the more said the better. – Harry Mathews
A Mormon knows that the promises of God are true, and He said that all will be tried; realizing these things the Latter-day Saints will acknowledge their Maker not only in blessings but also in tribulations. – Heber J. Grant
When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise. To put a piece en prise, is to play it so that it may be captured. – Howard Staunton
I wouldn’t be very happy if a poet read what I had written and said, ‘What a peculiar thing to say about this work of mine.’ – Helen Vendler
I get anxious about a lot of things, that’s the trouble. I get anxious about everything. I just can’t stop thinking about things all the time. And here’s the really destructive part – it’s always retrospective. I waste time thinking of what I should have said or done. – Hugh Laurie
I don’t know anybody else who lives 1,000 miles away from their job and gets to commute back and forth. The owner said, ‘You can live in your beloved Swifton, but don’t you dare miss a game.’ I had a few close calls, but I didn’t miss any. – George Kell
Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that it’s much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your mind, without obeying any of the laws of bass line and harmony and so on. – George Shearing
Take any person, put them in the wrong environment, and they can get off to some pretty bad things. Warren Buffett has said that he would not like to get into debt because he doesn’t want to discover what behavior he’s capable of. – Guy Spier
I finally bought a gun because I said if I’m going to get it, I’m taking somebody with me. – Gary Lockwood
It’s true and it’s easily said that language is material, and something does materialise as one writes. – Heinrich Boll
Greg White got a boxer because I said I was getting one. I was talking about getting a boxer since before training camp. – Gaines Adams
What I said about John was that he liberated me from my anxieties about writing in a correct, acceptable way. – Harry Mathews
I said to de Lord, ‘I’m goin’ to hold steady on to you, an’ I know you’ll see me through.’ – Harriet Tubman
I once was interviewed and got so exasperated that I said, ‘What do you want, a shopping list?’ They kept asking, ‘What’s in this picture?’ – Howard Hodgkin
I represented Wall Street, as a senator from New York, and I went to Wall Street in December of 2007 – before the big crash that we had – I basically said, ‘Cut it out! Quit foreclosing on homes! Quit engaging in these kinds of speculative behaviors.’ – Hillary Clinton
I’ve been involved with violent movies, and then I’ve also said at a certain point, ‘I can’t take it anymore. Please cut it.’ You know, you’ve got to respect the filmmaker, and it’s a really tough issue. – Harvey Weinstein
First thing I did when I found out I made it into the top 13 is I tried not to faint and you know, I took it all in and I really looked at the crowd and said a big ‘thank you’. – Haley Reinhart