Miley Cyrus is about making money. Amanda Palmer is about making art.

It's not what you've been given, it's what you do with what you've got.

I have never had a man give me money. I've always been the provider. I have always been the one who went out and earned, and I've never felt unequal in that way.

If you live in a country ruled by criminals you'll find it difficult to find justice

People could live very happily without the Turner Prize, but they could not live without real communication and emotion.

Any good biography has to got to lead you to the work. Many biographers have started out in love with their subjects and ended up hating them.

The majority of the common people loathe war and pray for peace; only a handful of individuals, whose evil joys depend on general misery, desire war.

The home is a tryst-the place where we retire and shut the world out.

Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those protesting the war in Iraq.

Wear it if it clashes.

But listen to me first and swear an oath to use all your eloquence and strength to look after me and protect me.

President Reagan is a rhetorical roundheels, as befits a politician seeking empathy with his audience.

A very ancient and fish-like smell.