"I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.' But sure, criticism can sometimes still get to me. Some things are so malicious, they knock the wind out of you. It's like I'm managing to achieve all this success in spite of my affliction... Would you ever put [America's plus-size sweetheart] in the headline for a male star?"

-- Melissa McCarthy

#Stars Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Wind Quotes

“Don't live your life to please other people.”
“The national media will talk about (national problems) because it's something that everyone in all 50 states can understand, but the reality is these are minor factors. These are local races. ... The issues tend to be less ideological than for Senate races or races for president. ... It's about potholes and streetlights.”

Source : "Stakes Are High in N.J., Va. Governor Races". www.foxnews.com. October 23, 2005.
“Every clique is a refuge for incompetence. It fosters corruption and disloyalty, it begets cowardice, and consequently is a burden upon and a drawback to the progress of the country. Its instincts and actions are those of the pack.”
“Language is the principal tool with which we communicate; but when words are used carelessly or mistakenly, what was intended to advance mutual understanding may in fact hinder it; our instrument becomes our burden”
“There can be no courage in men unless God supports them by his Word.”
“The man that gets drunk is little else than a fool, And is in the habit, no doubt, of advocating for Home Rule; But the best Home Rule for him, as far as I can understand, Is the abolition of strong drink from the land.”

Source : William Topaz McGonagall, “The Demon Drink”
“To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.”

Source : FaceBook post by David McCullough from Aug 06, 2012
“The only way a no-legged leopard could hurt you is if it fell out of a tree onto your head.”

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