August 24 Birthdays

A chic type, a rough type, an odd type - but never a stereotype

If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero.

I am disturbed when I see the majority of so-called Christians having such little understanding of the real nature of the faith they profess. Faith is a subject of such importance that we should not ignore it because of the distractions or the hectic pace of our lives.

Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. Jorge Luis Borges

Everyone can do a character the way they want to do it, unless the director tells them not to, which isnt very common. I like to do my characters, if its not specific in the script, as myself.

I want everyone in the Republican party who opposed me to know this: you are welcome to join this peoples crusade. Come aboard. You are both welcome and needed. If we unite, well win - and well rebuild New York.

Procrastination is like a credit card: its a lot of fun until you get the bill.

Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.

There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I dont necessarily want to be like them. Im too happy being myself.

I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate.

There could be no better time to fully integrate Infinity with Viacoms tremendous portfolio of assets. Infinity is performing at record levels and continues to generate a tremendous amount of free cash flow that will now fully benefit Viacom.

To me, the word hero hasnt got positive or negative value - hero is the person who leads you through the story.

How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case.

Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be.

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children, and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing, his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.

Social-impact partnerships address our moral responsibilities to ensure that social programs actually improve recipients lives, and to do so in a fiscally prudent manner.

Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be. Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators. Stephen Fry

To give an accurate and exhaustive account of the period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.

When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault, you know why clothing exists.

Somebody broke into my house once, this is a good time to call the police, but mm mm, nope. The house was too nice. It was a real nice house, but they'd never believe I lived in it. They'd be like 'He's still here!'