"I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it."

"Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story."

- Margaret Thatcher



"Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way."

"You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics"

- Charles Bukowski



"Avoid having your ego so close to your position that if your position falls, your ego goes with it."

- Colin Powell



"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - - the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones."

- Donald Rumsfeld



"We are not intimidated by the size of the armies, or the type of hardware the US has brought."

- Saddam Hussein



"It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself."

- Eleanor Roosevelt



"I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service."

- John F. Kerry



"Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master."

- Leonardo Da Vinci



"The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff."

"I always call my cousin because we're so close. We're almost like sisters, and we're also close because our moms are sisters."

- Britney Spears



"They torture and scare you for twenty odd years... then they expect you to pick a career."

"Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity"

"You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate."

- John Lennon



Last night I told a stripper that it is women like her that make me happy to be alive.

- ??? on October 23, 2002