I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.
Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.
Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.
If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
