"Man is something that shall be overcome.... Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman -- a rope over an abyss... What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end."

“I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage.”

“If you want to find out who your real friends are, sink the ship. The first ones to jump aren't your friends.”

“I don't want to be left behind. In fact, I want to be here before the action starts.”

“Love is a madman, working his wild schemes, tearing off his clothes, running through the mountains....”

“If we do not resolve the euro crisis, we will all pay the price. And if we do resolve it, we will all benefit, particularly German taxpayers and savers.”

Source : "'We Couldn't Just Sit Back and Do Nothing'". Interview with Michael Sauga,Anne Seith, www.spiegel.de. October 29, 2012.

“The fact is, I can have any experience of life I want. I don't have to choose any one thing or act in any one way to define myself as a woman now. I am one.”

“We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term.”

Source : "Olbermann: Dana Perino 'Worst Person' After Insisting Ft. Hood Was 'Terrorist Attack'". www.newsbusters.org. December 1, 2009.

“I didn't plan to act, but I'm glad I'm doing it - and I just want to keep getting better.”