When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
I was walking around with the babies so much that when I got to the Sidney Lumet picture, I would be on set in between takes and I'd be rocking back and forth. Just standing like this rocking back and forth, and Sidney would say, Why are you walking like that in between takes? - Vin Diesel
If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star. - Ian McKellen
I'm not an entrepreneur. I'm not a CEO. I'm a nerdy computer programmer who likes to have opinions on Twitter. - Markus Persson
You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I’d rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament. - Sean Connery
I get e-mails from mothers asking me to call their daughters for a date. I have a great life. - Shaun White
I have a punishing workout regimen. Every day I do 3 minutes on a treadmill, then I lie down, drink a glass of vodka and smoke a cigarette. - Anthony Hopkins
Europeans are much more serious than we are in America because they think that a good place to discuss intellectual matters is a beer party.
Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.
It was a cold, disapproving gaze, such as a fastidious luncher who was not fond of caterpillars might have directed at one which he had discovered in his portion of salad.
Let me know when you begin the new tea, and the new white wine. My present elegances have not yet made me indifferent to such matters. I am still a cat if I see a mouse.
Charlie Brown says that we're put here on earth to make others happy." "Is that why we're here? I guess I'd better start doing a better job... I'd hate to be shipped back!
There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people... Religion, Politics, and The Great Pumpkin.
I do get invitations all of the time to play actual fantasy football, by the way, but I get the feeling that I'd like it too much. I have enough demands on my time. My fans would kill me. - George R. R. Martin
I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any. - Mark Twain
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