"I don't think I'm a celebrity. A chimpanzee could have done what I did."

“Temerity is not always successful.”

“You can't weigh the soul of a man with a bar of pig-iron.”

“One thing I always remember: Frustration is built by unmet expectations.”

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“When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.”

“I wish you to become who you ­were born to be. To become queen.”

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”

Source : Farewell radio and television address to the American people, 17 Jan. 1961

“Everything, decided Francie after that first lecture, was vibrant with life and there was no death in chemistry. She was puzzled as to why learned people didn't adopt chemistry as a religion.”

“There are so many people in this world that have the look and have talent, and yet they keep putting out this teenybopper singers that have no vocal capability at all. Sometimes I think there's no real music anymore. We don't have singers like we did back in the day. Music is supposed to convey a message. Music is supposed to make you feel a certain way. Now, I don't want to hear about big bootie shaking on the floor. Music just isn't what it used to be. I think that with the times changing, labels do actually need to get that and stop signing all these crap artists.”