John Stuart Mill Quotes
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
John Stuart Mill
Quotes to Explore
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
Adam Braun
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You turn up on set, and somebody who has come out of Oxford, has done a BBC course, is telling you how to act. You think, 'Do me a favour. Go and make a coffee.'
Eddie Marsan
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I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.
Sam Walton
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
Candice Bergen
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
Barbara Walters
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
Gail Simmons
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
Victoria Beckham
Spice Girls
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
Gary Ross
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
Carlos Santana
Santana
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Our quarterbacks were getting hurt; a couple got kicked out of school. The coach asked who wanted to try out for QB. I went and tried out, and from there on, I was a quarterback. I was ineligible in 10th grade until spring, so I did baseball. I started in left field and pitched.
Quavo
Migos
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
Katha Pollitt