"Where man is the end, or the means, all men are mean."

“We know what our policy is regarding the territory of Israel, Kosovo, Bosnia, Macedonia and even Nagorno-Karabakh. What is our policy regarding the territory of the United States? No nation in history has ever been as willing to accommodate those who would dismember it as has the United States of America. Trying to get a straight pro-U. S. comment out of a U.S. elected official is like trying to nail a custard pie to the side of a barn.”

“If something is well-written, it has a chance to be good and if it's not well-written, it will not be good. It could even become popular, but it won't be good.”

“I long for the day where we don't have to talk about our age as actresses,”

Source : "Quote of the Day: Emma Thompson on Fighting for Female Roles and Women’s Rights" by Inkoo Kang, www.indiewire.com. April 14, 2014.

“It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'”

“Pearl rolled a tiny pink speck in her fingers, possibly part of Rose's new leg that I'd tried so hard to make a good match. Pearl laughed and flicked it away as if it was snot out of her nose. I suddenly couldn't stand it. I rushed at her.She saw I wasn't playing around. She ran for it but I caught up with her along the landing. I punched her hard in the chest and she staggered back wards - back and back, and then she wobbled and went right over, down the stairs.”

“Being infected, being a vampire, it’ s always you. Maybe it’ s more you than ever before. It’ s you as you always were, deep down inside.”

“It only took me six months to get a record deal, but it took me 20 years to have a hit.”

“The idea's the idea: It's about what you do, and not who you are.”