October 1 Birthdays

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business.

I used to be really cute. I could send you earlier photos where Im stunning. But Ive gained about twenty pounds over the past two years, and the more weight Ive put on, the more success Ive had. If you drew a diagram of weight gain and me getting more work, a mathematician would draw some conclusions from that.

Boy, well get Raymond out and we wont go hungry anymore.

I'm simply not on the same wavelength with her, she's not my kind of dame.

Life is too short not to experiment.

Men are more prone to cheating, definitely.

When a piece gets difficult, make faces.

Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.

In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally.

There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these values in action, applied with dedication by hardworking individuals, makes me proud to lead a service that is making life better for millions across Britain.

There is a broad cultural current that conveys the idea that a film is like a football team, it represents a nation, it is illustrated literature, filmed radio. These are outdated concepts, totally out of touch with todays realities.

I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like theyre compromising their femininity to be strong and smart.

When I was a kid and the carnival would come to the shopping centre, Id go down and talk to all the people running the rides. I like that whole lifestyle, moving from town to town in a nomadic existence.

That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.

World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.

No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.

The great obstacle to discovery was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

The Constitution does not guarantee the right to acquire information at a public library without any risk of embarrassment.

There are too many prima donnas in this business and not enough action.

I mean, it's unheard of for somebody to hit 70 home runs, so I'm like in awe of myself right now.

It's permanent, for now.