"I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married." Queen Elizabeth I
"The style is the man himself." George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon
"I'm patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it." Dame Edith Sitwell
"When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." Paul Brown
"The biggest bug in the manure pile." Elia Kazanjaglous
"I think the world is run by C students." Al McGuire
"If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments—we'd have the Ten Suggestions." Malcolm Bradbury
"If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him 'pop.' Don't tell him 'rock'n'roll' or they won't even let you in the hotel." Charles Hardin Holley
"The sound, it looks wonderful." Dario Argento
"When I wake up in the middle of the night, I don't worry about cancer. I worry about Harper's Bazaar." Elizabeth Tilberis
"I first saw [President Reagan] as a foot, a highly polished brown cordovan wagging merrily on a hassock. I spied it through the door. It was a beautiful foot, sleek. Such casual elegance and clean lines! But not a big foot, not formidable, maybe a little. . . frail. I imagined cradling it in my arms, protecting it from unsmooth roads."
"The thing about Janis is that she just looked so unique, an ugly duckling dressed as a princess, fearlessly so. Seeing her live was like watching a boxing match. Her performance was so in your face and electrifying that it really put you right there in the moment. There you were living your nice little life in the suburbs and suddenly there was this train wreck, and it was Janis." Christine Ellen Hynde