An agent said he didn't know what to do with me, I wouldn't be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens.

You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you.

Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it.

Those entrusted with arms... should be persons of some substance and stake in the country.

We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.

A man from a primitive culture who sees an automobile might guess that it was powered by the wind or by an antelope hidden under the car, but when he opens up the hood and sees the engine he immediately realizes that it was designed.

We want to get this good music to as many people as possible because I think it heals, it soothes, I think music is incredibly important, especially in today's chaos.

It's the journey toward doing these harder climbs that really gives value to the whole activity of climbing.

Getting plenty of sleep is always great. It really is. I have a girlfriend who's sending me a slant board.

Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.

Always wanted to be an actress or work with animals and now I get to do both.

Who naught suspects is easily deceived.

I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want.

This is the most terrible thing that can happen in a friendly country if Thai people have to escape from the backdoor of an embassy.

I'm a Golden Globe nominee, yes. It's very nice. It's a very nice thing, but I kind of think of all the awards I wasn't ever nominated for, for years and things.

Kids don't have ruts yet that adults have carved into their minds. They're born logical. Crooked thinking has to be taught.

Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that.

They're getting me involved in intrigue again, and I think it follows a classic formula in a soap opera.

Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

Another important aspect of our home was respect for ideas.