The birthright of man ... is such a degree of liberty, civil and religious, as is compatible with the liberty of every other individual with whom he is united in a social compact.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

I want to make my own movie.

The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.

I'm really worried about my girlfriend's morals ... she has NEXT written on her knickers.

You never should feel like you've grown up because then you've stopped learning and you've stopped getting the best things out of life.

I've always got the road. Stand-up makes you so autonomous and self-sufficient that it really helps with that part of show business.

Every successful enterprise has a very clear strategic purpose.

All cultural imitation, opposed as it is to creativeness, is bound to make a people small.

I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me.

I love dancing to Latin music, so I have a trainer who dances with me for an hour three times a week.

You can change the world. Please don't do that, OK? Some of us like the way things are going now.