"Some people can only be happy being a star. What happens if and when the work dries up?"

“I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone”

“It is not unlikely, too, that the rejection of God is a kind of punishment: we may well believe that those who knew the Gods and neglected them in one life may in another life be deprived of the knowledge of them altogether. Also those who have worshipped their own kings as gods have deserved as their punishment to lose all knowledge of God.”

“I apologize to the public, whom I promised better.”

Source : "'Straight Arrow' Governor 'Eliot Ness' Spitzer (?-NY)". www.newsbusters.org. March 10, 2008.

“I am your brother. I was supposed to be your brother before either of us was born. Karmic debt. It appears I was Vlad the Impaler or Genghis Khan in a past life.”

Source : Rob Thurman (2011). “Blackout: A Cal Leandros Novel”, p.41, Penguin

“The bar is the male kingdom. For centuries it was the bastion of male privilege, the gathering place for men away from their women, a place where men could go to freely indulge in The Bull Session.”

“Some Pakistanis fought for the Taliban. Pakistani extremist groups provided infrastructural support to Al Qaeda. There was a coming and going of Al Qaeda militants and leaders between Afghanistan and Pakistan for several years. All that has really happened is that Al Qaeda has escaped from Afghanistan come into Pakistan, got in touch with their contacts and friends in these extremist groups, which then provided them with safe houses, cars, and not just in the border areas but also in the cities. Rooting out Al Qaeda in Pakistan now is where the main battle is being fought.”

Source : Source: progressive.org

“You've got to have great athletes to win, I don't care who the coach is. You can't win without good athletes but you can lose with them. This is where coaching makes the difference.”

“I think 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy has a very satisfying ending, and there's not really that deep of a mythological construct.”