Anthony Kennedy Shriver Quotes

#1. True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

Vaclav Havel

#2. The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

Dalai Lama

#3. Secretly, or maybe not so secretly, I've always wanted to be a rock star.

Cobie Smulders

#4. The economics of industrialized countries would collapse if women didn't do the work they do for free: According to economist Marilyn Waring, throughout the West it generates between 25 and 40 percent of the gross national product.

Naomi Wolf

#5. Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Benjamin Franklin

#6. If it were my decision, I'd knock the Superdome down. If I couldn't knock it down, I'd just open the roof and gut the whole inside - totally modernize it. If you just dust it off and paint a little bit but don't reimage it, the legacy will be horrible.

Ray Nagin

#7. Do you ever get a panicky feeling that nobody cares if you live or die? (A husband will often care decisively, one way or another.)

Sandra Gould

#8. Globalisation has in effect made the citizen disappear, and it has reduced the state into being a mere instrument of global capital.

Vandana Shiva

#9. On a certain day, month and year one should observe the ceremony of tree-planting. Thus, one fulfils one's responsibilities, serves one's fellow-beings which not only brings happiness but benefits all.

Dalai Lama

#10. My interest in Women in Film came from attending the Crystal Awards in 1998 where Meryl Streep and producers Gale Anne Hurd and Lucy Fisher were honored with the annual award.

Sharon Lawrence

#11. Dark haired guys are so, so much better.

Estelle Maskame

#12. plus a porch that runs along three sides of the house. I told Ma once the Howards had a room just for company, a room just for books, and a room just for plants, and she said that was three rooms too many. First time I ever saw any envy in my ma. David

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor