For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods, are fairly amoral, most of them. We get stuck when we insist that God be both good and all-powerful.
I'm doing naughty things, I'm drinking too much, I'm going to clubs. It really didn't matter to me, other than the fact that some parents wouldn't let their kids hang out with me.
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.
Lenders, including major credit companies as well as payday lenders, have taken over the traditional role of the street-corner loan shark, charging the poor insanely high rates of interest.
The Civil Rights Movement, it wasn't just a couple of, you know, superstars like Martin Luther King. It was thousands and thousands - millions, I should say - of people taking risks, becoming leaders in their community.
Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile.
I love to photograph the gorgeous landscapes when I travel.
People gossip. People are insecure, so they talk about other people so that they won't be talked about. They point out flaws in other people to make them feel good about themselves. I think at any age or any social class, that's present.
You can't go through life and leave things the way they are. We can all make a difference, and if I die today, I know I made a difference.
Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.
I'm fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I'd like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don't like being alone because they truly don't like themselves, but I love me.
All I need is my Chanel dress, my Louboutins, and some red lipstick.
If you want someone to miss you, go secretly and spray your fragrance somewhere.
I've been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another.
The makeup is simply an extension of the personality and colors, clothing, makeup all express something.
Madhuri is the quintessential heroine of all time.
I believe in equal pay for equal work. Gender, race, skin colour, or ethnicity should not be the parameters to hire someone or to decide how much they should be paid.
Live and think like a poor man and you'll always be OK.
I don't want to be the glam doll; that doesn't appeal to me at all.
I would like to say this for the record: that I am not trying to lose weight or gain weight. I am just trying to be the best version of myself, and that's really important.
Scotland should be nothing less than equal with all the other nations of the world.
I haven't found anywhere in the world where I want to be all the time. The best of my life is the moving. I look forward to going.
I don't think I'll ever act again. I have so many wonderful memories, but those days are over.
You must be happy in every moment - it might touch other people's hearts and make them smile.
Some age, others mature.
I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.
It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm just not a royalist. I think it's idiotic, a hereditary principle.
I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale.
Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.
My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.
Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.
A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.
To me, breakfast is my most important meal. It's often the meal you play a game on. I make sure I have oatmeal, milk, and fruit. It's the fuel you use to hopefully do your best, so eating right is a big part of being a professional athlete. I wish I paid more attention to it earlier in my life.
I remember playing a high school basketball game where I didn't eat anything for breakfast. I ate, you know, like a PB and J and some chips for lunch and nothing before the game. I didn't make it through the first quarter. I wish I hadn't have learned that way, but it did leave a lasting impression.
I just grow a terrible mustache, so I try to use my neckbeard as a substitute. And when I get lazy, I don't shave that often.
Breakfast is so important, so I'll make an omelet with cheese and deli meats, and then I'll eat muesli and yogurt mixed with fruit or oatmeal with fruit - and then a side of baked beans.
The sweetest thing we ever had was, like, animal crackers in the pantry. I think my parents sort of passively made sure that we didn't have a lot of junk food at our disposal, and I think that helped me and all my siblings growing up with how to approach nutrition and eating right.
One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.
One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
To be human and to be adult means constantly to be in the grip of opposing emotions, to have daily to reconcile apparently conflicting tensions. I want this, but need that. I cherish this, but I adore its opposite too.
An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.
The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you have an elevated mood. When people think of manic depression, they only hear the word depression. They think one's a depressive. The point is, one's a manic-depressive.
It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.
The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningfully as possible.
Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs has kept me using exclusively 35 mm.
Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.
A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have in Yosemite, that photography must be easy.
I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed.
