One of my friends, picture of health, worked out his whole life, never had a weight problem. Calls me up one day and says, ‘I have pancreatic cancer.’ Gone. I’ve lost too many friends. Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
I learnt to sing in Bengali, my mother tongue, then went on to sing in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and every possible Indian language. Shreya Ghoshal Read Quote
I don’t really have anything against the French except that, as an American, I’ve been bred to despise them with the same zeal as soccer and Renny Harlin films. John Ridley Read Quote
Remember Robin Williams’s great work as the voice of the genie in Disney’s ‘Aladdin’? Because he wanted to leave something wonderful behind for his kids, he said, he did the voice for a cut-rate fee of $75,000, far below his usual $8 million payday. But then something happened: The movie became a huge hit, raking in $504 million. Christopher Voss Read Quote
I think I’m a better mother because of work, because I’m happy. If I wasn’t working, I would just be waiting for the kids to come home every day, and living vicariously through their lives. Natalie Massenet Read Quote
The concept of historical necessity is the product of rational thought and arrived in Russia by the Western route. The idea of the noble savage, of an inherently good human nature hampered by bad institutions, of the ideal state, of social justice and so forth – none of these originated or blossomed on the banks of the Volga. Joseph Brodsky Read Quote
I’m very drawn to the way in which a life lived can be an art of sorts or a failed art, and a life-lived-told can be art as well. David Shields Read Quote
My name is Kurt Schwitters… I am an artist and I nail my pictures together. Kurt Schwitters Read Quote
Our enemies and our would-be enemies are working very hard at cyberterrorism… They’re trying to level the playing field because they know they can’t beat us tank for tank, plane for plane. Curt Weldon Read Quote
