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“Glory to that Homer of painting, to that father of warmth and enthusiasm... he really paints men.”
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“[On a dull party:] It was a fête worse than death.”
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“Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly.”
Source : "China and America" by Foster Rhea Dulles, (p. 200), 1981.
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“[About being a teenager] Like, at first it's fine and you think you have a dark side - it's exciting - and then you realise the dark side wins every time.”
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“When you realize someone is trying to hurt you, it hurts less." "Unless you love them.”
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“I greet every new day with the words, 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' That's the state of mind that directs me, fulfills me, and sends me out into the world with a gift to share. It's a blessing that I have learned over a lifetime - to experience the presence of Spirit in most of my waking moments. It's a feeling of contentment and satisfaction, of peace and love.”
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“It's about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person is a horrible, horrible message. I always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they?”
Source : "Alan Cumming: King of off-message". Interview with Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2011. 
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“They're my favorite two words these days: Oscar reject.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
