"You know everybody has something to say. I'll be worried when they say nothing."

“I actually got hurt in a steel factory in 1985 and so that changed my life. I went to a junior college and that's where I discovered acting.”

“Nondiscrimination is a great American principle. It's a core American principle, as is religious freedom. When you have two important American principles coming into tension, into conflict with one another, our goal as Americans is to sit down and try to see if we can uphold both.”

Source : "In Religious Freedom Debate, 2 American Values Clash". www.wbgo.org. February 28, 2017.

“Any civilized administration, however organized, prefers its own good to that of the people.”

“I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart impresses me, strength of character impresses me. But most of all, I am impressed by kindness. Kindness, I think, comes from learning hard lessons well, from falling and picking yourself up. It comes from surviving failure and loss. It implies an understanding of the human condition, forgives its many flaws and quirks. When I see that in someone, it fills me with admiration.”

Source : Lisa Unger (2010). “Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You”, p.69, Crown

“Civilization - a heap of rubble scavenged by scrawny English Lit. vultures.”

“Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.”

“I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.”

“If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe.”