"The habit of seen the public rule, is gradually accustoming the American mind to an interference with private rights that is slowly undermining the individuality of the national character. There is getting to be so much public right, that private right is overshadowed and lost. A danger exists that the ends of liberty will be forgotten altogether in the means."

-- James F. Cooper

#Character Quotes #Mean Quotes #Rights Quotes

“Prom night can be a special night, if you let it be. I know you think it's for losers and something that popular kids do because they are boring people with porcelain hearts who don't know what it means to be lonely. But you're wrong. Prom is a chance for everyone to try oral sex. Go for it.”
“Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.”

Source : "Eli Roth 'Furious' Over 'Hostel' Pirates". Interview with Larry Carroll, www.mtv.com. October 17, 2007.
“In love's God-like breathing, there's the innermost aspect of the universe.”
“I know of nothing more significant than the awakening of men and women throughout our country to the desire to improve their houses. Call it what you will - awakening, development, American Renaissance - it is a most startling and promising condition of affairs.”

Source : Elsie De Wolfe (1975). “The house in good taste”, Ayer Co Pub
“I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay.”

Source : Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books
“I have never met a dog I couldn't help; however, I have met humans who weren't willing to change.”
“I love dress shopping, and I love talking about the wedding food. That's what makes me happy. If you tell me to do a guest list, I cry. I hate it.”
“Although my father is English, I was brought up in Australia.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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