Lexisnexis Quotes

#1. As long as you honour material things, direct your anger at yourself rather than the thief or adulterer.

Epictetus

#2. I had rock-star dreams from 8 or 9 almost nonstop. I thought it was going to be like being a god on earth: having as many women as you want whenever you want them, having super powers, being incredibly wealthy, never doing laundry.

Rivers Cuomo

#3. Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.

Aung San Suu Kyi

#4. The war in Congo rages on with no end in sight," the announcer said. "And now comes word of a new campaign by the soldiers, to find the women they have already raped and re-rape them." "Holy Christ on a cross!" Mom said. "I draw the line at re-raping." And she turned off NPR.

Maria Semple

#5. Essential to life, is desiring the things that you need, than needing the things you desire.

Anthony Liccione

#6. Even though it's my job to be an actor, I have given my life to God.

Angus T. Jones

#7. Because being the right person isn't about being perfect; it's about being able to handle whatever life throws at you. I

Mike Massimino

#8. I think there's a down-to-earthness with Midwesterners and with people from the Midlands - which is where my family is from - in Ireland.

Aidan Quinn

#9. As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.

Walter Dean Myers

#10. We've turned down multi million dollar films, simply because we liked the film better. We have the luxury to do so - we have projects that make the money, and others that we do for love.

Mark Mothersbaugh

#11. Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

Luther Burbank

#12. Ants and savages put strangers to death.

Bertrand Russell