"It is not what people do when they work, but what they do when they don't work that causes all their troubles."

“To me, "sexual freedom" means freedom from having to have sex.”

“Oh, could slavery exist long if it did not sit on a commercial throne?”

Source : Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Frances Smith Foster (1990). “A Brighter Coming Day: A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader”, p.45, Feminist Press at CUNY

“when you change what you believe, you change what you do...”

Source : Spencer Johnson (1998). “Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life”, p.32, Penguin

“Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!”

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

“You don't normally do another presentation of All About Eve. You do one All About Eve, and that's it.”

“She leaned into my shoulder. "Maybe you don't have to be a Caster to have power." I pushed her hair behind her ear. "Maybe you just have to fall for one.”

“I used to live at the Cecil Hotel, which was next door to Minton's [Playhouse]. We used to jam just about every night when we were off. Lester [Young], Don Byas and myself - we would meet there all the time and like, exchange ideas. It wasn't a battle, or anything. We were all friends. Most of the guys around then knew where I lived. If someone came in Minton's and started to play - well, they'd give me a ring, or come up and call me down. Either I'd take my horn down, or I'd go down and listen. Those were good days. Had a lot of fun then.”

“Love taught me to cry So come on courage! Teach me to be shy.”

Source : "Song: 'Cannonball'". 1993.