"If I could get the ear of every young man but for one word, it would be this: make the most and best of yourself. There is no tragedy like a wasted life--a life failing of its true end, and turned to a false end."

“Yes," answered Sara, nodding. "Adversity tries people, and mine has tried you and proved how nice you are.”

“The thing about our drug laws is that they're not based on science.”

“Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.”

“You couldn't have fed the '50s into a computer and come out with the '60s.”

“I don't know whether I will drink again in my life but I didn't drink yesterday, I am not drinking today and I'll try not to drink again tomorrow.”

Source : "Gazza confesses" by Ian Ridley, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2001.

“If you aren't on Goodreads, you should be. I've said it before, it's like Facebook for readers on crack.”

“I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.”

Source : Voltairine De Cleyre (2004). “The Voltairine de Cleyre Reader”, A K PressDistribution

“I like to feel that something's alive in acting, like something's really going on.”

Source : Interview with Couch Baron, www.brilliantbutcancelled.com.