Famous quotes by Entertainers

"In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame"

"I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others"

"December 25th has become guilt and obligation"

"Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons. They're like the people who become successful and then don't want to be reminded of the old neighborhood"

"Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval"

"He's as cool as a prized marrow!"

"The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them"

"Under that heart of stone beat muscles of pure flint"

"Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream"

"The difference between Los Angeles and yogurt is that yogurt comes with less fruit"

"Obama had the audacity to say, 'I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States.' Ladies and gentlemen, torture in the United States has always been illegal"

"None of what Barack Obama is doing or wants to do to this country is anything the rest of the world hasn't seen before and already failed at"

"Things were a lot simpler in Detroit. I didn't care about anything but boyfriends"

"I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing"

"I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS"

"Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand"

"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams"

"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down"

"The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams"

"My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here"

"What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine"

"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate"

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude"

"I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life"

"I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear"

"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment"

"Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it"

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough"

"Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards"

"Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work"