Were Quotes

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common.

Practices were tough.

My parents were incredibly inclusive.

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.

The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

No, I'm not a drug addict, and neither is my husband. If that were so, you'd get a lot less work out of me. It would show in the performances and in the work.

When I first started working in politics, as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, it never occurred to me that I would one day work in the White House. There were plenty of women among the volunteers who stuffed envelopes and walked precincts. But there were fewer and fewer on each successive level of influence and access.

A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her.

We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.

I believe that if Israel were to put an end to the settlements in the West Bank tomorrow, as it did in Gaza, there would still be reluctance on the part of the Palestinian Authority to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish secular democracy.

Love is a piano dropped from a fourth story window, and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote each other's movies. You give me an award, I give you an award and people will believe that we are great movies and they'll go to see them. It's still the same.

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?

You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.

Most people are dead. Did you know that? It's true, out of all the people that ever were, almost all of them are dead.

I was very troubled, yes. Me and my brother both - we were troubled and troublemakers.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.

Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.

I would not be a good mother. I mean, I love being an aunt to my niece and nephew. And I used to want to, like, adopt 10 kids - because I had friends who were adopted, and I thought that was the coolest thing, to be chosen. But again, my job is too selfish.