Courage calls to courage everywhere, and its voice cannot be denied.

What draws men and women together is stronger than the brutality and tyranny which drive them apart.

A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained.

I can honestly say that if I was told at this moment that I was dying, not my first, not my second, but certainly my third thought would be that I should never see Italy again.

Every one must be familiar with the often expressed opinion, that, as a practical politician, Mr. Mill's career was essentially a failure.

What is true of Mr. Mill's influence on the women's-suffrage question is true also of the other political movements in which he took an active interest.

Of the influence of Mr. Mill's personal character on those who were his political associates, it is difficult to speak too warmly.

There is little doubt that the majority of Mr. Mills supporters in 1865 did not know what his political opinions were, and that they voted for him simply on his reputation as a great thinker.

Maybe I don’t really want to know what’s going on. Maybe I’d rather not know. Maybe I couldn’t bear to know.The Fall was a fall from innocence to knowledge.

Love is industrious in tormenting itself.

I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.

If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.

Without love, intelligence is dangerous; without intelligence, love is not enough.

Sometimes it can be useful to read your bad reviews.

Anesthesia: wounds without pain. Neurasthenia: pain without wounds.

Mexican writer and diplomat, "Pasado en claro" ("A Draft of Shadows") You learn something the day you die. You learn how to die.

As an artist you are free to use any image, any style, any idea from any culture and any period of history.

Right before the explosions begin, I find a star.