The Sunday School teacher talked too much in the way our grade school teacher used to when she told us about George Washington. Pleasant, pretty stories, but not true. – Frances Farmer
Danger — if you meet it promptly and without flinching — you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! – Sir Winston Churchill
Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball — you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that. – Nomar Garciaparra
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men. – Simone de Beauvoir
Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, its rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know youre just renting for a while. – Candice Bergen