Oscar Wilde Quotes
We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.
Quotes to Explore
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
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No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.
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I love women's bodies. I love luxury.
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I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.
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I've always been a very prolific writer.
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My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.
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A number of people in the United States, almost everyone, is using plastic cards to pay for things, but it's extremely difficult to accept these cards. So let's make it's easy and take more and more of the friction out as we can.
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There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.
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Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.
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In the conversation about women in leadership, male voices are noticeably absent.
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As a person, to inspire some young girls and give them something to look at and give them something to play for, I think is such a great position to be in. I'm glad that I can follow all of the great Korean players' footsteps.
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My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.
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Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them.
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I've been on a state of high alert since high school. I didn't need 9/11 to remind me that we live on a ball of flame.
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It's weird. I don't really have goals. I just try to make sure I'm enjoying what I'm doing. Once I start to get sick of it, the next thing becomes obvious.
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Any chance to get out and play live for some people and get out of the studio is nice.
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I love to be envied, and would not marry a wife that I alone could love; loving alone is as dull as eating alone.
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So, I lived at the Beijing Opera, I ate there, I learned a craft. And the money we made went into the company.
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There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.
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I feel fortunate that I've had a lot of songs recorded by other people, because I take my songwriting very seriously. It's only those people that have followed me over the years and really know my work that know how serious I am about all of it - including the way I look. You can't take my high heels from me, you can't have my long fingernails, you can't take all this hair from me, because it's part of this thing that I've become. I wouldn't want to give any of it up. Do I have to be ugly to be a songwriter? This is the way I am, and it's what I choose to be.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.
