"Stop blaming everybody and everything for what's going on. If you really believe that you deserve better, then you would have it."

“If you've been driving for a little while and nothing's happened to you yet - and you've been texting and driving - you think, 'Oh nothing's going to happen.' But all it takes is an accident happening with one of your friends or God forbid, something happening to you, to really give you a wake-up call.”

“It is quite widely known that I like shoes. This is not something that defines me as either a woman or a politician, but it has come to define me in the eyes of the newspapers. I wore a pair of leopard-print kitten heels to a Conservative Party Conference a few years ago and the papers have continued to focus on my feet ever since.”

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

“I insist on a Steinway for my recordings, my concerts and my home. It is the only piano I want to hear my music played on.”

“Iraq does not pose an imminent threat to the United States of any of its neighboring nations.”

“Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water. I don’t fish, I don’t hunt, I don’t scuba, I don’t spear, don’t boat, don’t play basketball or football – I excel at staring into space. I’m really good at that.”

Source : "Iggy Pop: 'I was looking for an elegant coma'". Interview with Mark Tutton, edition.cnn.com. July 1, 2009.

“A writer is basically someone who shares his or her value or vision of the world.”

“I don't think it would be a good idea for scientists to have more political power. Scientists as a group are more inclined to try to derive an ought from an is, than the population at large.”

“It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're sexy because they risk more. Stand-up comedians risk more than anyone.”