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“Americans have two ardent passions; the love of liberty, and love of distinction.”
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“I once dated a guy who was like, 'Holy sh--, I just made out with Harriet the Spy!' And that's messed up. Don't say that. I was 10, you're 30, it's just weird.”
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“East Hampton happens to have been the first place in the world where I was a star, a real star with a star pasted above my name on the dressing-room door.”
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“Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark.”
Source : "'Unforgettable' Nat King Cole now downloadable" by Alan Duke, www.cnn.com. February 15, 2011. 
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“The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.”
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“Men who have sacrifice their well-being, and even their lives, for the cause of truth or the public good, are, from an empirical point of view - which scorn ("fait fi", Fr.) virtue and altruism - regarded as insane or fools; but, from a moral standpoint, they are heros who do honour ("qui honorent", Fr.) humanity.”
Source : "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 38), 1937.
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“Hang that question up in your houses, "What would Jesus do?" and then think of another, "How would Jesus do it?" for what he would do, and how he would do it, may always stand as the best guide to us.”
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“I am actually really boring and I lead a quiet life. I love being at home, cooking for my boys, watching movies and I like nothing better than to go to bed early with a book.”
Source : "'I've had enough passion to last me a lifetime': Patsy Kensit on why she'll never marry again". Interview with Olivia Buxton, www.mirror.co.uk. April 21, 2012.
