"Education teaches people how to think, while propaganda teaches people what to think."

“What’s so incredibly amusing with photography is that while seemingly an art of the surface, it catches things I haven’t even noticed. And it pains me not to have seen things in all their depth.”

“We’ve learned that it will take more than one generation to bring about change. The fight for civil rights has developed into a broader concern for human rights, and that encompasses a great many people and countries. Those of us who live in a democracy have a responsibility to be the voice for those whose voices are stilled.”

“To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never face the facts.”

Source : Ruth Gordon (1971). “Myself Among Others”

“the theater is the only money-making business I know in which haste apparently rules from first to last.”

“I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.”

“Why is it that so many people are afraid to admit they are happy?”

“She makes use of the soft of the bread for a napkin. She falls asleep at times with shoes on, on unmade beds. When a little money comes in, June buys delicacies, strawberries in the winter, caviar and bath salts.”

“I don't have many easy songs.”