We read about how Ajax and Achilles will die for each other, but very little about the friendship of women.

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies.

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

The function of freedom is to free someone else.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race - scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct... it has a social function, racism.

There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.

A lie set down on paper in wet ink becomes the truth when dry.

Idols must never be touched: the gilt will come off on our hands.

If you would have watched her from the roof, you would have seen a broad grin over her face.

What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am serious. The name thing: I will always be L.L. Cool J.

Never underestimate the power of Abby Joseph Cohen.

When matter stops, self-consciousness stops.

That's why I made decisions; they were tough decisions but we shouldn't feel bad at all - don't look back with any regrets, that's how I made decisions as governor.

If you are physically ready to play, it's a matter of confidence. Your confidence goes down when you lose games, when shots are not going in.

Having children can be such a gift, but it can be a crushing experience for a certain kind of mom. And I am that certain kind of mom.