I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must dislike these masculine occupations.

We will not have failure - only success and new learning.

Were women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surely perish without male protection.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them.

Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

Just close your eyes—and think of England.

Beware of artists, they mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

I positively think that ladies who are always enceinte quite disgusting; it is more like a rabbit or guinea-pig than anything else and really it is not very nice.

For children, parents are a yardstick for normalcy.

The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.

Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.

I remember a time when everybody I loved hated me because I hated them.

Valued achievements connect to people at a deeper level—and a deeper level can change behavior that is generally very difficult to change.

You're not falling for me, are you, Irish?" -Adam to Gabrielle

We are all the fools of time and terror: Days Steal on us and steal from us; yet we live, Loathing our life, and dreading still to die.

On the one hand, you're the same person, but as you get older, you change somewhat, and you never know how it's going to affect your work.

Dark Horse was my second time working with Todd Solondz. I love him truly, very much. And I don't think he'd ever worked with an actor a second time. It was groundbreaking.