"These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper."

“The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky, I guess.”

“My motto is very personal and may not fit anyone else or any other company. It is: Don't do anything that someone else can do. Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.”

Source : "The Vindication of Edwin Land". Forbes magazine, (Vol. 139, p. 83), May 4, 1987.

“I can't say with certainty that slavery would have ended more quickly and more completely if the South had been allowed to leave and escaped former slaves had been allowed to remain free, and the North and the rest of the world had been a positive influence on the South. However, it's certainly a possibility that it would have ended sooner if the southern slave owners had agreed to a system of compensated emancipation and freed the slaves without a war and without secession, as most nations that ended slavery did. That absolutely would have been preferable to the Civil War as it happened.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org

“We need not worry if we can’t simultaneously do all of the things that the Lord has counseled us to do. He has spoken of a time and a season for all things. In response to our sincere prayers for guidance, He will direct us in what should be emphasized at each phase of our life. We can learn, grow, and become like Him one consistent step at a time.”

“Having bought truth dear, we must not sell it cheap, not the least grain of it for the whole world.”

Source : Roger Williams, John Cotton, John Murton (1848). “The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience Discussed: And Mr. Cotton's Letter Examined and Answered”, p.9

“My boyfriend is not a swimmer!”

“Our job is to make manifest the story, to be it. In a sense, the theatre is such a big star itself, bigger than any Shakespearean actor I could hire, that we should take the opportunity to fill it with voice and verse and movement, not interpretation.”

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

“I've always liked politicians and lawyers. They keep the PR professional's status at least two from the bottom of the ethical food chain.”