Human history is full of great men, great women, individuals, with the will for power - all of them with governesses like her.

Waiters are the help, dear. It's like falling in love with a blender!

I think the biggest lie the devil ever told was that beauty and goodness are the same.

It's not worth losing your soul to win a guy.

The world is full of stupid people. That's why we have rules. But with enough intelligence, a person can be above the rules. She can make rules.

Because some things that seem unimportant now can change the course of human history -- and I am a student of human history.

You obviously don't have my soul or you wouldn't be trying to make deals.

The tree leaves rustled like that noise e-books make when you turn the page.

If it looks real and feels real, do you think it matters if it's real?

Guilt is a useless feeling. It's never enough to make you change direction- only enough to paralyze you and make you... well, useless.

Guilt is a useless feeling. It's never enough to make you change direction--only enough to make you useless.

Peeling off my skin / leaving just my eyes behind / You see inside my head / Still know that you are mine.

Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society.

Faith is the realization that God's pleasure in you will never be based upon your performance for him.

I have criticisms of Ronald Reagan, but he lives in another universe from the kind of political theater that is represented by people, like Sarah Palin, who aren't really public servants.

I like to shoot a lot of choices. I like a lot of stuff - and so I push to go faster, to shrink the time between the takes so that the takes are what you're spending all your time on.

The strongest of all psychic forces in the world is unsatisfied desire.

I know a lot of people think of me and they like, oh that girl is really sexy, that girl is really put together, she would never do something as unladylike as a beet eating competition.

Sometimes we have dreams, but we just can't make them. That's normal.

Actually, when I did "10,000 B.C.," in the middle of production, I wanted to quit my job, because everything went wrong.

By practice and conviction formed, With ancient stubbornness ingrained, Although her body clung and swarmed, My own identity remained.