We have less reason to be surprised or offended when we find others differ from us in opinions because we very often differ from ourselves.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

I hate shopping. I don't go shopping. If I do, I run in and out.

To girls and women everywhere, I issue a simple invitation. My sisters, my daughters, my friends; find your voice

Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure.

I looked massive next to Ryan Seacrest! But I was lucky that I've never had anyone say, 'Jordin, you need to lose weight.'

Fellow from Texas can tell the difference between grass-roots and AstroTurf.

You can't put toilet paper in the toilet [in the space ship], so there's a separate vacuum can in front of you on the wall and when you're done, you put the toilet paper in there and seal that up.

We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.

I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.

As for the people who say tackling problems through clothes is superficial, I think they say that because they have their own issues about self worth.