Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets. Edward Teller
You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend. Paul Sweeney
I think that a good deal of poetry and art gives us some sense of access to another's voice, perception, texture of thought, imagination. Sometimes it gives us better access to the strangeness in ourselves. Mary Szybist
We know that a smarter Australia means a stronger Australia. An Australia able to grasp the opportunities of the Asian Century. A skilled workforce and a strong, productive and resilient economy. We know we'll only win the economic race in the Asian Century if we win the education race. Wayne Swan
Minds are like flowers. If you let it sit there without soaking anything up, it will dry up. Ken Hill
Experience, already reduced to a group of impressions, is ringed round for each one of us by that thick wall of personality through which no real voice has ever pierced on its way to us, or from us to that which we can only conjecture to be without. Walter Pater
Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease... we do need to talk about it. Lisa Gardner
If you can open people's hearts first, then maybe people's minds get opened after that. Annette Bening
The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit. George Grosz
College students typically receive marketing offers in the mail from upwards of a hundred companies each year. Parker Conrad
When I started 'Still Missing,' I had a few key plot points in mind, which I played around with mentally for a couple of months, then one day I just started writing. Not having an outline led to some cool plot twists, but also many rewrites! A lot of the plotting happened on subsequent drafts. Chevy Stevens
I had a feeling it was gonna work out because not only did I enjoy the music and hit it off with the guys, but I was into theatrical rock and was willing to wear makeup and do anything to make it. Ace Frehley
The people in Washington spend too much time in Washington, so they think Washington-centric thoughts. Howard Lutnick
I'm an extrovert, I like to gesticulate and talk loud and stuff, and the theater is easy for me. Jamie Campbell Bower
The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though we think that will be all right; and second, when and how S-1 will resolve itself. Henry L. Stimson
I don't think I know enough about acting to direct. You need to be a slight megalomaniac, not where you want to take over the world, but where you want to make every single decision and the buck stops with you. It's an awful lot of stress. Matthew Goode
If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like. Randall Jarrell
There's always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you're criticizing a decision to go to war, then you're saying something against the soldiers-which is not the case. Ed Harris
A free culture has been our past, but it will only be our future if we change the path we are on right now. Lawrence Lessig
I grew up in Essex, and all my life I wanted to live in London - now I do. I feel very privileged to be able to live here. Russell Tovey
One day we are a hero, another day we are a zero. Without me, Cardiff would have gone bust. Because of my investment, we got promoted. Vincent Tan
His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. Ernest Hemingway
What I love to do is take on business challenges in a way that really can have an impact on peoples' lives. Greg Brenneman
My mom was truly an iconic figure, a great journalist and a pioneering woman who died at 54 of cancer without ever having revealed to viewers that she was ill. David Frum