"If I could go back in time to change stuff? Oh yeah, there's a few movies I would not have done."

“When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, Sarah Palin tweeted, 'Obama lies; freedom dies.' She's referring, I guess, to the freedom to go without health care when you're sick.”

“I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time.”

“I like old-fashioned romance, when the two people sleep in separate beds but still hold hands all night. Their hands rest on a little table between the beds.”

“The most fascinating women are those that can most enrich the every day moments of existence. In a particular and attaching sense, they are those that can partake our pleasures and our pains in the liveliest and most devoted manner. Beauty is little without this; with it she is triumphant.”

Source : Leigh Hunt (1870). “Men, Women, and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs from His Uncollected Prose Writings”, p.170

“Acting is a tough business, but if you really want to do it, you should go full force.”

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

“Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all”

“I have actually seen people contemplate their navels”

Source : John Heilpern (2013). “Conference of the Birds: The Story of Peter Brook in Africa”, p.282, Routledge

“We stiffened the penalties for fraud, we extended nationwide efforts to make sure that payments are accurate and they closed a loophole in which people were gaming the system. We didn't change eligibility requirements or reduce the level of benefits.”